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| == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35391" /> == | | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74447" /> == |
| <p> Sent by [[Nero]] to succeed [[Felix]] as procurator of Judaea, probably in the autumn [[A.D.]] 60. To ingratiate himself with the [[Jews]] he asked Paul would he go up to [[Jerusalem]] for judgment there [[P]] But Paul, knowing there was little hope of an impartial trial there, as a Roman citizen appealed to [[Caesar]] (Acts 25-26). [[A]] few weeks afterward he gave Paul's case a hearing before Herod [[Agrippa]] [[Ii]] and [[Bernice]] his sister. Paul, spoke with such holy zeal that [[Festus]] exclaimed with a loud voice "Paul, thou art beside thyself, much learning doth make thee mad" (compare the same charge against Paul's Master, John 10:20; also 2 Corinthians 5:13-14); Paul replied, [["I]] am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak forth the words of truth and soberness." Then he appealed to Agrippa, "Believest thou the prophets? [[I]] know that thou believest." Agrippa replied, "Almost (or as Wordsworth, 'on a short notice,' literally, 'in a short' time; but measure may be understood, which gives the [[Kjv]] sense) thou persuadest me to be a Christian." </p> <p> Paul answered, [["I]] would to God that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day (including Festus) were both almost (in a small measure) and altogether (in a great measure) such as [[I]] am, except these bonds" (mark his refined courtesy in the exception). Had Agrippa yielded himself "altogether" to the convictions of conscience then, what an eternal blessing would have ensued to himself, what a reflex blessing probably to Festus! Compare in Caesar's palace at Rome, Philippians 1:12-14. </p> <p> Both certainly were touched; and Festus, forgetting that it was his own proposal to try Paul at Jerusalem, the place where already Paul's life had been conspired against (Acts 23), and virtually to deliver him up to the Jews ( Acts 25:11), that drove Paul in self defense to appeal to Rome, said, "This man doeth nothing worthy of death and bonds" (why then had he not released him?); and Agrippa, in compliment to Festus, laid the blame of his detention on Paul himself instead of on Festus, "This man might have been set at liberty if he had not appealed to Caesar." </p> <p> [[A]] picture of the world's insincerity. Festus put down forcibly the [[Sicarii]] (assassin zealots), robbers, and magicians. Festus sided with Agrippa against the Jews as to the high wall they built to prevent Agrippa seeing from his dining room in the palace into the temple court, for it hindered the Roman guard also from seeing the temple from the castle of [[Antonia]] during the great feasts. The Roman emperor under the influence of Poppaea, a proselyte, decided on appeal in favor of the Jews. Festus after a procuratorship of less than two years died in the summer of [[A.D.]] 62. </p> | | <p> '''Por'cius Fes'tus.''' ''See '' '''Festus, Porcius''' ''.'' </p> |
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| == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66140" /> == | | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48510" /> == |
| <p> [[Procurator]] of Judaea, appointed by Nero to succeed Felix, [[A.D.]] 60. The Jews at once informed Festus against Paul, but he did not consent to their request that Paul should be fetched to Jerusalem; he said he should be tried at Caesarea. When Festus had come thither and the Jews from Jerusalem also, he, wishing to please the Jews, asked Paul if he would go to Jerusalem and be judged there. Paul, knowing the plots of the Jews to kill him, appealed to Caesar. Festus gave Paul a hearing before Agrippa, during which Festus called out, "Paul, thou art beside thyself: much learning doth make thee mad." Paul said no, he spoke the words of truth and soberness. Acts 15 , Acts 16 . </p> <p> Festus had a dispute with the Jews: they had built up a high wall, that the courts of the temple should not be seen from the palace. The emperor was appealed to, who decided in favour of the Jews. [[Josephus]] implies that Festus was a just ruler. </p> | | <p> He succeeded [[Felix]] in the government of Judea. His name is only rendered memorable in [[Scripture]] from the history of the apostle Paul. </p> |
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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51049" /> == | | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43211" /> == |
| <p> <strong> [[Festus,]] [[Porcius]] </strong> . Procurator of Judæa after Felix. His short term of office was marked by a much better administration than that of Felix or of [[Albinus]] his successor (Jos. [Note: Josephus.] <em> Ant. </em> [[Xx.]] viii. f.). He is addressed with respect by St. Paul ( Acts 26:24 ff.), whom he would not give up to the Jews untried; it was, however, from fear of being eventually given up that St. Paul made his appeal to Cæsar, in consequence of which he was sent to Rome. Festus was a friend of king Agrippa ii., whose visit to him is described in Acts 25:13 ff., and took his side in a dispute with the [[Jewish]] priests. His accession to office is one of the puzzles of [[Nt]] chronology; [[Eusebius]] gives a.d. 56, but this is probably some three years too early. </p> <p> [[A.]] [[J.]] Maclean. </p>
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| == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31511" /> == | | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16408" /> == |
| Acts 24:27 Acts 25:11,12[[Agrippa]]
| | <p> Por´cius Fest´us [FESTUS] </p> |
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| <ref name="term_35391"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/festus,+porcius Porcius Festus from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | | <ref name="term_74447"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/porcius+festus Porcius Festus from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> |
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| <ref name="term_66140"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/festus,+porcius Porcius Festus from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | | <ref name="term_48510"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hawker-s-poor-man-s-concordance-and-dictionary/porcius+festus Porcius Festus from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary]</ref> |
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| <ref name="term_51049"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/festus,+porcius Porcius Festus from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | | <ref name="term_43211"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/porcius+festus Porcius Festus from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> |
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| <ref name="term_31511"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/festus,+porcius Porcius Festus from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | | <ref name="term_16408"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/porcius+festus Porcius Festus from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> |
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