Acts 25:1
When Festus was then come into the prouince, after three dayes he went vp from Caesarea vnto Hierusalem.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 8:40But Philippe was found at Azotus, and he walked to and from preaching in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.
Acts 21:15And after those dayes we trussed vp our fardels, and went vp to Hierusalem.
Acts 25:5Let them therefore, saide he, which among you are able, come downe with vs: and if there be any wickednes in the 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 →