Acts 25:8

Paul answers such charges, he had committed no crime against the Law of Moses (but rather taught its accurate fulfillment), nor the temple (he treated it with respect), nor against the Roman government. The charge against Caesar was probably the accusation that he taught. political messiahism. "The Jews knew that the Roman governors were unwilling to convict on purely religious charges and therefore tried to give. political twist to the religious charge. And the prolongation of the trial was due to the fact that the charge was political and yet the evidence was theological" (Stott p. 366).