Acts 25:1
Festus therefore having entered into the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
In Context
2And the high priest and the principal men of the Jews appeared to him against Paul, and urged him,
Cross References
Acts 8:40But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through all the cities he preached the good-news until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 21:15And after these days, having made preparation, we went up to Jerusalem.
Acts 25:5Therefore he says, Let the able men among you, after coming down together, accuse him if there is anything in this man.
Matthew Henry on Acts 25:1
Some think that Felix was turned out, and Festus succeeded him, quickly after Paul's imprisonment, and that the two years mentioned in the close of the foregoing chapter are to be reckoned from the beginning of Nero's reign; but it seems more natural to compute them from Paul's being delivered into the hands of Felix. However, we have here much the same management of Paul's case as we had in the foregoing chapter; cognizance is here taken of it, I. By Festus the governor; it is brought before him by the Jews, ver.… Read the whole commentary →