Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 28:17

17 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.

Paul does this not only out of an extraordinary Love which he had for that People, but also because the Apostles were commanded to go rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel, Matth. 10.5, 6. The whole Oeconomy of the Gospel is a doing good for evil. So did our Saviour, who is the Author and Subject of it; and so must his Messengers or Ministers do; or they are not like to do any good at all: for the World will hate them, 1 Iohn 3.13.

Marginal references: Chap. 21.33.