Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 28:21

21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea, concerning thee, neither any o[illegible: 1 letter] the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

The High Priest and the rest of them that had persecuted Paul, did either dispond of their Cause, when it should come to be impartially heard; or were supine and negligent in a matter which they pretended so highly to concern their Religion: But self-ends, their present ease and reputation, were the main matters they contended for.