Acts 25:1
FESTUS, therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
Cross References
Acts 8:40But Philip was found at Azotus; and passing through, he published the good news to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
Acts 21:15And after those days, having packed up our baggage, we went up to Jerusalem.
Acts 25:5Let them therefore, said he, who are powerful among you, 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 →