Acts 25:1

Then Festus having entered upon his office, after three days went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem;

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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

2and both the chief priests and the first men of the Jews appeared before him against Paul, and continued to entreat him,

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Cross References

Acts 8:40And Philip was found at Azotus: and going through he preached the gospel to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

Acts 21:15And after those days, taking our luggage, we went up to Jerusalem:

Acts 25:5Then, says he, Let the influential ones among you, coming down, accuse him, if there is anything wrong in the man.

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 →

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