Acts 28:21

"We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you" These Jews claimed that they had received no communications from the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem concerning accusations against Paul, yet they do not claim that they had never heard of Paul. Some feel that this claim is false, but remember during his two years in Caesarea the Jews in Jerusalem may have not sent out any letters warning other synagogues against Paul seeing that he was in confinement. When he did finally appeal to Caesar, it was late in the sailing season, and the Jews would have difficult getting mail to Rome before Paul arrived.