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    Porcius Festus was the 5th procurator of Judea from about 59 to 62, succeeding Antonius Felix. The exact time of Festus in office is not known. The earliest...
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  • Look up festus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Festus may refer to: Porcius Festus, Roman governor of Judea from approximately 58 to 62 AD Sextus Pompeius...
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  • Marcus Ambivulus, Valerius Gratus, Pontius Pilate, Antonius Felix and Porcius Festus, who between them issued a total of 19 different coins. The last three...
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    who had great influence with the Emperor Nero, he escaped unpunished. Porcius Festus succeeded him as procurator of Judea. Felix married three times. His...
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    Porcia gens (redirect from Gens Porcius)
    Porcius Cato in 195 BC, and from then until imperial times, the Porcii regularly occupied the highest offices of the Roman state. The nomen Porcius was...
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    texts. The context of the passage is the period following the death of Porcius Festus, and the journey to Alexandria by Lucceius Albinus, the new Roman Procurator...
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  • procurator by the Emperor Nero following the death of his predecessor, Porcius Festus, Albinus faced his first challenge while traveling from Alexandria to...
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  • cited Acts of the Apostles 25:16, which reports the Roman governor Porcius Festus, discussing the proper treatment of his prisoner Paul: "It is not the...
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    the assassins and robbers of Judea in the days of Antonius Felix and Porcius Festus. Volkmar, a modern rationalist preterist, broadened the scope of the...
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    governor, Porcius Festus, was appointed. The "chief priests and the leaders of the Jews" requested that Festus return Paul to Jerusalem. After Festus had stayed...
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