Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.
After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem.
The governor read the letter and asked what province he was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, he left Paul in prison.
A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”
After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him.
Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.