Acts 25:1
And when Festus arrived at Caesarea, he, after three days, went up to Jerusalem.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 the chief priests and the head men of the Jews made representations to him concerning Paul.
Cross References
Acts 8:40And Philip was found at Azotus; and from there he travelled about, and preached in all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 21:15And after those days, we prepared ourselves and went up to Jerusalem.
Acts 25:5Therefore, let those among you who are able, go down with us, and make presentment of every offence there is 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 →