Acts 25:1
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 8:40But Philip was found in Azotus; and passing through, he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
Acts 21:15And after those days, being prepared, we went up to Jerusalem.
Acts 25:5Let them, therefore, saith he, among you that are able, go down with me, and accuse him, if there be any crime in the 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 →