Acts 25:1
Festus, therefore, having come upon the province, after three days, went up unto Jerusalem from Caesarea;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 8:40Now Philip was found at Azotus; and, passing through, he was telling the glad tidings unto all the cities, until he came unto Caesarea.
Acts 21:15And, after these days, making ready what we had, we started to go up unto Jerusalem;
Acts 25:5They, therefore, among you (saith he) who are in power, let them go down with me; and, if there is in the man, anything amiss, 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 →