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Festus

Procurator of Judea, AD 59–62Governed about 3 years

Acts 24:27–26:32

He reopened Paul's case, and when Paul appealed to Caesar, sent him to Rome after a hearing before Agrippa II (Acts 25–26). He died in office in AD 62. His arrival is dated AD 59 or 60; Ussher places it in AD 62.

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