After Paul has arrived in Rome, he calls together the leaders of the Jews and explains the false charges that have been launched against him (28:17–22). When they meet again “on a certain day” (28:23a), Paul again turns the defense of his own innocence into a defense of the gospel (28:23b). After noting their response, Paul utters a final word concerning the Jews who fail to receive the gospel (28:24–28). What is surprising about this sequence of events is that Paul no longer acts like a prisoner. Instead, he becomes the judge who summons people before him (28:17). His final word becomes the judgment against the Jews, who are found guilty before God. After Paul’s long journey to stand trial before the Roman emperor, what Luke emphasizes is not the final trial of Paul but the final trial o…