And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.