Acts 25:1
Three days after Festus had arrived in the province he left Caesarea to go to Jerusalem.
Free Bible 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
2The chief priests and Jewish leaders came to him and brought their charges against Paul.
Cross References
Acts 8:40He spread the good news in all the towns along the way until he arrived at Caesarea.
Acts 21:15After this we packed our bags and headed for Jerusalem.
Acts 25:5“Your leaders can come with me, and make their accusation against this man, if he has done anything wrong,” he told them.
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 →