en_tn_condensed/act/28/17.md

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# the leaders among the Jews
These are the Jewish civil or religious leaders present in Rome.
# Brothers
Here this means "Fellow Jews."
# against the people
"against our people" or "against the Jews"
# I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans
"some of the Jews arrested me in Jerusalem and placed me in the custody of the Roman authorities"
# into the hands of the Romans
Here "hands" stands for power or control.