hope of Israel, that I am bound with this chain. And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning thee, nor hath any of the brethren coming hither, related or spoken any evil of thee. But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest; for concerning this sect, we know that it is every where spoken against. And having appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both