People of the Bible
Portius Festus
also called Porcius
In the story
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- Paul sent to Felix · 56 AD
- Paul appeals to Caesar · 56 AD
- Agrippa and Bernice meet Festus · 56 AD
- Paul goes before Agrippa · 56 AD
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The successor of Felix (A.D. 60) as procurator of Judea (Acts 24:27). A few weeks after he had entered on his office the case of Paul, then a prisoner at Caesarea, was reported to him. The “next day,” after he had gone down to Caesarea, he heard Paul defend himself in the presence of Herod Agrippa II. and his sister Bernice, and not finding in him anything worthy of death or of bonds, would have set him free had he not appealed unto Caesar (Acts 25:11, 12). In consequence of this appeal Paul was sent to Rome. Festus, after being in office less than two years, died in Judea.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 12 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.