Acts 25:1
Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea,
Text-Critical English NT
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 prominent Jewish men presented their case against Paul.
Cross References
Acts 8:40Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through that region, he preached the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 21:15After those days we packed up our belongings and went up to Jerusalem.
Acts 25:5“So,” he said, “let those among you who are influential go down with me, and if there is any fault in this man, they can bring charges against 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 →