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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Paul asks to be taken before Caesar for judgment.
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 # wanted to gain the favor of the Jews
 
 Here "the Jews" means the Jewish leaders. Alternate translation: "wanted to please the Jewish leaders" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])