Acts 25:1
“Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem.”
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cesarea 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.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.”
“But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.”
“But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.”
“There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,”
“And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.”