Verse 19

and the Jews having spoken against `it', I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar -- not as having anything to accuse my nation of;

Referenced Verses

• Acts 26:32 : 32 and Agrippa said to Festus, `This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.'
• Acts 25:21 : 21 but Paul having appealed to be kept to the hearing of Sebastus, I did command him to be kept till I might send him unto Caesar.'
• Acts 25:25 : 25 and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided to send him,
• Rom 12:19-21 : 19 not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance `is' Mine, 20 I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head; 21 Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.
• 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth, 23 who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,
• Acts 25:10-12 : 10 and Paul said, `At the tribunal of Caesar I am standing, where it behoveth me to be judged; to Jews I did no unrighteousness, as thou dost also very well know; 11 for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!' 12 then Festus, having communed with the council, answered, `To Caesar thou hast appealed; to Caesar thou shalt go.'