Acts 25:1
Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
In Context
2where the high priest and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
Cross References
Acts 8:40But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 21:15After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
Acts 25:5So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
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 →