Acts 25:1. Arrival of Festus. Paul's cause heard before him. Paul appeals to the Emperor

1. Now when Festus was come into the province This may either mean "when he had reached Cæsarea," to which, as the seaport, he would naturally come first; or, with margin of the Rev. Ver., "when he had entered upon his province." The former seems to be the preferable sense because of what follows.

after three days he ascended(R. V.went up)] He took a very short time to make himself acquainted with what would be his principal residence, and then went up to the capital.

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