the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Hechos 28:19
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Mas contradiciendo los Judíos, fuí forzado á apelar á César; no que tenga de qué acusar á mi nación.
Pero oponiéndose los judíos, me vi obligado a apelar a César; no que tenga de qué acusar a mi nación.
Mas contradiciendo los judíos, fui forzado a apelar a César; no que tenga de qué acusar a mi nación.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I was: Acts 25:10-12, Acts 25:21, Acts 25:25, Acts 26:32
not: Romans 12:19-21, 1 Peter 2:22, 1 Peter 2:23
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 37:20 - lest Acts 25:11 - I appeal
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But when the Jews spake against it,.... His being cleared and dismissed, and desired he might be sent back to Jerusalem, to be tried and judged there, to which Festus seemed inclined:
I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; to prevent the design of the Jews upon him, which was to way lay him and kill him, or by what ways they could, right or wrong, take away his life; and to provide for his own safety:
not that I had ought to accuse my nation of; meaning, that he had no ill design in this appeal against his country, to expose them, and bring them under reproach and censure, but to vindicate himself, defend his own innocence, and preserve his character and life; suggesting, that what he did was not of choice, but by constraint, and with reluctance; being no friend to Heathen tribunals, nor any enemy to the Jewish nation.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The Jews spake against it - Against my being set at liberty.
I was constrained - By a regard to my own safety and character.
To appeal unto Caesar - See the notes on Acts 25:11.
Not that I had aught ... - I did it for my own preservation and safety, not that I wished to accuse my countrymen. Paul had been unjustly accused and injured; yet, with the true spirit of the Christian religion, he here says that he cherished no unkind feelings toward those who had done him wrong.
