Acts 25:1
Now upon assuming the province, after three days Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
Family 35 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
Cross References
Acts 8:40Philip was found at Azotus, and as he passed through he evangelized all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 21:15So after those days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
Acts 25:5He said, “So let those who are competent among you go down with me; if there is anything against this man, let them accuse 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 →