Discovery BoxActs 25:1 
ContextPaul 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
Context25:9 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.”
