Acts 25:1 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.”

Acts 25:1

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Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,

And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

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Acts 25:2

"Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,"

Acts 25:3

"And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him."

Acts 25:4

"But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly {thither}."

Acts 25:5

"Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with {me}, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him."

Acts 25:6

"And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. {more...: or, as some copies read, no more than eight or ten days}"

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