Albert Barnes on Acts 28:19
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Acts28:19
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. Acts 25:11.
Not that I had ought, etc. I did it for my own preservation and safety; not that I wished to accuse my own countrymen. It was not from motives of revenge, but for safety. 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 towards them.
(a) "appeal" Acts 25:11
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