ACTS 28:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.”
Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: 'My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.' - Three days after arrival, Paul calls Rome's Jewish leaders (archontes tōn Ioudaiōn, archontes tōn Ioudaiōn). His statement reasserts his innocence: 'I have done nothing against our people' (ouden ti...kata ton laon, ouden ti...kata ton laon) or 'against the customs of our ancestors' (kata ta ethē tōn paterōn, kata ta ethē tōn paterōn). His 'arrest in Jerusalem and handing over to the Romans' reiterates the events leading to Rome. Paul's opening is conciliatory, not adversarial: he addresses them as 'brothers' and frames his case as misunderstanding, not fundamental rupture.
Church Fathers on Acts 28:17
He wished to exculpate both himself and others; himself, that they might not accuse him, and by so doing hurt themselves; and those (others), that it might not seem that the whole thing was of their doing. For it was likely that a report was prevalent, that he had been delivered up by the Jews; and this was enough to alarm them. He therefore addresses himself to this, and defends himself as to his own conduct. How then is it reasonable, it might be said, that they should…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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