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Ancient Jewish
Coins from Israel: Procurator Porcius Festus |
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Porcius Festus was
procurator of Judea from about AD 58 to 62, succeeding
Antonius Felix. His exact time in office is not known.
He inherited all of the problems of his predecessor in
regard to the Roman practice of creating civic
privileges for Jews. Only one other issue bedeviled
his administration, the controversy between Agrippa II
and the priests in Jerusalem regarding the wall
erected at the temple to break the view of the new
wing of Agrippa's palace. |
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During his
administration, Jewish hostility to Rome was greatly
inflamed by the civic privileges issue. Feelings were
aroused which played an important part in the closely
following Jewish War of AD 66.
According to Christian Writing, the Apostle Paul had
his final hearing before Festus. The Bible says in
Acts 25:12, Festus sought to induce Paul to go to
Jerusalem for trial; Paul appealed to the Emperor. the
appeal resulted in Paul being deported to Rome in the
autumn of AD 58.Acts 25-26 |
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