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1. A last testimony to his innocence (vers. 17-20).

2. A last confession of Jesus as the Messiah (ver. 23).

3. A last effusion of love towards his people (vers. 17, 19, 20).

4. A last stroke of the hammer on hardened hearts (vers. 25-28).

(K. Gerok.)

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KJV: 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.

WEB: 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,