Acts 28:21

World English Bible (2000)

They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.

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  • Acts 22:5 : 5 As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
  • Exod 11:7 : 7 But against any of the children of Israel a dog won't even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
  • Isa 41:11 : 11 Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
  • Isa 50:8 : 8 He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me," says Yahweh.

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    22 But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."

  • Acts 28:17-20
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    17 It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

    18 who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.

    19 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.

    20 For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

  • Acts 21:19-22
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    19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.

    20 They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

    21 They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.

    22 What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come.

  • Acts 21:17
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    17 When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.

  • Acts 15:24-25
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    24 Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;

    25 it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

  • Acts 25:7-8
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    7 When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,

    8 while he said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all."

  • Acts 23:28-30
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    28 Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.

    29 I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

    30 When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell."

  • Acts 28:14-15
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    14 where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.

    15 From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage.

  • Acts 21:12
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    12 When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 24:12-13
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    12 In the temple they didn't find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.

    13 Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.

  • Acts 26:31
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    31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

  • Acts 25:15
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    15 about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.

  • Acts 24:18-20
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    18 amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.

    19 They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.

    20 Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

  • Acts 15:4
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    4 When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.

  • Acts 22:18
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    18 and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'

  • Acts 25:18
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    18 Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such things as I supposed;

  • Gen 26:29
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    29 that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh."

  • Acts 19:40
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    40 For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn't be able to give an account of this commotion."

  • 2 Cor 7:2
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    2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.

  • Acts 19:37
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    37 For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

  • Acts 24:2
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    23 "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"

  • Acts 4:21
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    21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

  • Acts 15:33
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    33 After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.

  • Acts 9:30
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    30 When the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus.

  • Acts 16:21
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    21 and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans."

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    27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.

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    29 For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

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    22 I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Christ,

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    7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day.

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    9 A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!"

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    27 When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,