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Festus

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869

festive, joyful

Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880

FES'TUS, POR'CIUS, succeeded Felix, a.d. 60, in the government of Judaea, and died in 62. Acts 24:27. Paul had a hearing before him on sundry charges, and Festus would have released him if Paul had not appealed to the emperor. Acts 26:32. Josephus gives him a good character as an efficient ruler, especially because he did his best to rid the country of robbers.

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain. Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible (Philip Schaff, 1880). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain.

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