Acts 25:1

Paul Appeals to Caesar

25:1 Now 1  three days after Festus 2  arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem 3  from Caesarea. 4 

Acts 25:9

25:9 But Festus, 5  wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried 6  before me there on these charges?” 7 

1 tn BDAG 736-37 s.v. οὖν 2.b states, “οὖν serves to indicate a transition to someth. new…now, then, well…Ac 25:1.”

2 sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

4 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was a journey of 65 mi (just over 100 km).

map For location see Map2-C1; Map4-B3; Map5-F2; Map7-A1; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

5 sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

6 tn Or “stand trial.”

7 tn Grk “concerning these things.”