Acts 25:1
When Festus, having entered upon his government, after three days went up from Cæsarea to Jerusalem.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 chief priest and first men of the Jews informed him against Paul,
Cross References
Acts 8:40But Philip was found at Azotus, and, passing through, he preached the gospel in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea
Acts 21:15And after these days we prepared for our journey, and went up to Jerusalem.
Acts 25:5Therefore, said he, let those among you who are men of influence, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there is any wickedness in him.
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 →