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Porcius Festus was the 5th procurator of Judea from about 59 to 62, succeeding Antonius Felix. Porcius Festus Stained glass window in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne showing Festus in yellow
Of Flaccus' work only a few fragments remain; of Festus' epitome, only one damaged, fragmentary manuscript. The remainder, further abridged, survives in a summary made at the close of the 8th century by Paul the Deacon. The Festus Lexicon Project has summed up Paul's epitome of Festus' De Verborum Significatu as follows:
Paul was almost set for the last journey to Rome as Festus has agreed to transfer his case to Rome (verse 12), but Paul had one more chance to make a defence of his case before the Jewish king Herod Agrippa II and his sister Bernice (verse 13), on the occasion of Agrippa's visit to Festus, and Festus's need of the king's expertise in drafting his report on the case (verse 27). [5]
As Festus reduced Flaccus from 40 to 20 volumes, so did Paul condense Festus by roughly half, excising entries he considered unnecessary or redundant, modifying parts of the text he thought unclear or obscure, and stripping away details like citations. [3] [4] Paul the Deacon abridged and revised the work in the 8th century
Felix and his wife Drusilla heard Paul's discourse and sent for him to talk with him. However, Felix's actual desire was to receive a bribe from Paul, which Paul refused to do ( Acts 24:24–26 ). Felix was succeeded as procurator after detaining Paul for two years, but he left him imprisoned as a favor to the Jews ( Acts 24:27 ).
Paul replied, "Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: 'Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people'." [4] The quoted text is taken from Exodus 22:28: You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people. [5] Paul quotes from the Jewish law to show his willingness to abide by that law. [6]
Paul's journey to Macedonia Acts 20:1-2; 2Cor 2:13 56 (Beginning of the year:) Paul's last stay in Corinth (Acts 20,2–3) 56 (Early summer:) Paul's arrival in Jerusalem Acts 21 56–58 Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea Acts 23–24 58 Change of office Felix/Festus Acts 24,27 59 Paul's arrival in Rome Acts 28,11ff 64 Death of Peter and Paul -
Acts 26 is the twenty-sixth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It records the period of Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea.The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but Holman states that "uniform Christian tradition affirms that Luke wrote both" this book as well as the Gospel of Luke, [1] as supported by Guthrie based on external evidence.