Acts 28:17-20

17And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans: 18who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me. 19But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I had aught whereof to accuse my nation. 20For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.