"For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me"For this cause" Here is the real reason why Paul had been arrested in Jerusalem some two years previous. The Jews seized Paul because they resented the fact that he was preaching to Gentiles (Acts 26:20). "Assayed to kill me': "Tried to put me to death" (NASV). Reminding Agrippa that several attempts had been made on his life since his arrest (Acts 21:31; Acts 23:10), and if anyone was not respecting the "law and order" of the Roman government, it was his opponents.

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