“But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; not that I had anything of which to accuse my nation.”
But, he added, the Jews in Jerusalem had spoken against it, with the result that he had had to appeal to Caesar. It was not because he wanted to bring a charge against the Jews, but simply that they had brought a charge against him and would not drop it. And that was why he was here under house arrest.