Acts 25:1
WHEN Festus then was come into the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 Philip found himself at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel in all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 21:15Then after those days, packing up our baggage, we went up to Jerusalem:
Acts 25:5Let therefore, said he, those among you who are able, go down with me, and accuse him, if there be anything criminal in this 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 →