Acts 25:1

1 Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

Acts 25:1 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:1

Now when Festus was come into the province
Of Judea, which was a Roman province, over which he was made governor by Nero, the Roman emperor, in the room of Felix; he now being landed in some part of the province, namely, at Caesarea, and so might be said to have entered upon the government of it, as the phrase will bear to be rendered;

after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem;
he very likely came by sea from Italy to Judea, and landed at Caesarea; for though Joppa was the nearest port to Jerusalem, yet Caesarea was the safest, and most commodious port, being made so by Herod; (See Gill on Acts 18:22), and besides, it seems to have been very much the residence of the kings and governors of Judea, ( Acts 12:19 ) ( Acts 23:23 Acts 23:33 ) here Festus stayed three days after his landing, to rest himself after the fatigue of the voyage, and then went up to Jerusalem, the metropolis of the province of Judea.

Acts 25:1 In-Context

1 Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

2 And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,

3 asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.

4 Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.

5 Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.