Acts 8:40

8:40 Philip, however, found himself ¹  at Azotus, ²  and as he passed through the area, ³  he proclaimed the good news ⁴  to all the towns ⁵  until he came to Caesarea. ⁶ 

Acts 21:8

21:8 On the next day we left ⁷  and came to Caesarea, ⁸  and entered ⁹  the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, ¹⁰  and stayed with him.

Acts 23:23

23:23 Then ¹¹  he summoned ¹²  two of the centurions ¹³  and said, “Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea ¹⁴  along with seventy horsemen ¹⁵  and two hundred spearmen ¹⁶  by ¹⁷  nine o’clock tonight, ¹⁸ 

Acts 23:33

23:33 When the horsemen ¹⁹  came to Caesarea ²⁰  and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented ²¹  Paul to him.

Acts 25:1

Paul Appeals to Caesar

25:1 Now ²²  three days after Festus ²³  arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem ²⁴  from Caesarea. ²⁵ 

Acts 25:13

Festus Asks King Agrippa for Advice

25:13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa ²⁶  and Bernice arrived at Caesarea ²⁷  to pay their respects ²⁸  to Festus. ²⁹ 

¹ tn Or “appeared.”

² sn Azotus was a city on the coast of southern Palestine, known as Ashdod in OT times.

³ tn The words “the area” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁴ tn Or “he preached the gospel.”

⁵ tn Or “cities.”

⁶ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.

⁷ tn Grk “On the next day leaving, we came.” The participle ἐξελθόντες (exelqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁸ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was another 40 mi (65 km).

⁹ tn Grk “and entering…we stayed.” The participle εἰσελθόντες (eiselqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁰ sn Philip was one of the seven deacons appointed in the Jerusalem church (Acts 6:1-7).

¹¹ tn Grk “And.” Since this represents a response to the reported ambush, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the logical sequence.

¹² tn Grk “summoning…he said.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹³ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

¹⁴ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was a journey of about 65 mi (just over 100 km).

¹⁵ tn Or “cavalrymen.”

¹⁶ tn A military technical term of uncertain meaning. BDAG 217 s.v. δεξιολάβος states, “a word of uncertain mng., military t.t., acc. to Joannes Lydus…and Theophyl. Sim., Hist. 4, 1 a light-armed soldier, perh. bowman, slinger; acc. to a scholion in CMatthaei p. 342 body-guard….Spearman Goodspd., NRSV; ‘security officer’, GDKilpatrick, JTS 14, ’63, 393f.”

¹⁷ tn Grk “from.”

¹⁸ tn Grk “from the third hour of the night.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “who, coming to Caesarea.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek construction, a new sentence was begun here in the translation. The relative pronoun (“who”) has been replaced with the referent (the horsemen) in the translation for clarity.

²⁰ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. It was about 30 mi (50 km) from Antipatris.

²¹ tn BDAG 778 s.v. παρίστημι/παριστάνω 1.b has “present, represent – α. lit. τινά τινι someone to someone παρέστησαν τὸν Παῦλον αὐτῷ Ac 23:33.”

²² tn BDAG 736-37 s.v. οὖν 2.b states, “οὖν serves to indicate a transition to someth. new…now, then, well…Ac 25:1.”

²³ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

²⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²⁵ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was a journey of 65 mi (just over 100 km).

²⁶ sn King Agrippa was Herod Agrippa II (a.d. 27-92/93), son of Herod Agrippa I (see Acts 12:1). He ruled over parts of Palestine from a.d. 53 until his death. His sister Bernice was widowed when her second husband, Herod King of Chalcis, died in a.d. 48. From then she lived with her brother. In an attempt to quiet rumors of an incestuous relationship between them, she resolved to marry Polemo of Cilicia, but she soon left him and returned to Herod Agrippa II. Their incestuous relationship became the gossip of Rome according to Josephus (Ant. 20.7.3 [20.145-147]). The visit of Agrippa and Bernice gave Festus the opportunity to get some internal Jewish advice. Herod Agrippa II was a trusted adviser because he was known to be very loyal to Rome (Josephus, J. W. 2.16.4 [2.345-401]).

²⁷ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.

²⁸ tn BDAG 144 s.v. ἀσπάζομαι 1.b states, “Of official visits pay one’s respects to…Ac 25:13.”

²⁹ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.