Acts 28: 16- 20, 30- 31
28:16 | And when we had arrived at Rome, Paul was given permission to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him. |
28:17 | And after the third day, he called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they had convened, he said to them: “Noble brothers, I have done nothing against the people, nor against the customs of the fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. |
28:18 | And after they held a hearing about me, they would have released me, because there was no case for death against me. |
28:19 | But with the Jews speaking against me, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, though it was not as if I had any kind of accusation against my own nation. |
28:20 | And so, because of this, I requested to see you and to speak to you. For it is because of the hope of Israel that I am encircled with this chain.” |
28:30 | Then he remained for two whole years in his own rented lodgings. And he received all who went in to him, |
28:31 | preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which are from the Lord Jesus Christ, with all faithfulness, without prohibition. |
John 21: 20- 25
21:20 | Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, the one who also had leaned on his chest at supper and said, “Lord, who is it who shall betray you?” |
21:21 | Therefore, when Peter had seen him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, but what about this one?” |
21:22 | Jesus said to him: “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow me.” |
21:23 | Therefore, the saying went out among the brothers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?” |
21:24 | This is the same disciple who offers testimony about these things, and who has written these things. And we know that his testimony is true. |
21:25 | Now there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if each of these were written down, the world itself, I suppose, would not be able to contain the books that would be written. |