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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Wherefore, he says, "I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar:" so that his whole speech is of a forgiving nature. What then? didst thou this, that thou mightest accuse them? No, he says: "Not that I had aught to accuse my nation of:" but that I might escape the danger.
Theophylact of Ohrid
Since Paul knew that it was entirely inappropriate to be on trial, especially before an unbelieving man, he defends himself from both sides, namely: that he acted not against the law, but on the contrary, was himself knowingly unjustly condemned by the Jews, and that he did not appeal to Caesar of his own will, but because the Jews themselves gave him reason to do so, since they saw fit neither to judge him according to the law of the Church nor to submit to the lawful opinion of the authorities. …
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