Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Palestinae), a city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre to Egypt, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, at the northern extremity of the plain of Sharon. It was built by Herod the Great (B.C. 10), who named it after Caesar Augustus, hence called Caesarea Sebaste (Gr. Sebastos = "Augustus"), on the site of an old town called "Strato's Tower." It was the capital of the Roman province of Judaea, the seat of the governors or procurators, and the headquarters of the Roman troops. It was the great Gentile city of Palestine, with a spacious artificial harbour. It was adorned with many buildings of great splendour, after the manner of the Roman cities of the West. Here Cornelius the centurion was converted through the instrumentality of Peter (
Acts 10:1, 24), and thus for the first time the door of faith was opened to the Gentiles. Philip the evangelist resided here with his four daughters (
21:8). From this place Saul sailed for his native Tarsus when forced to flee from Jerusalem (
9:30), and here he landed when returning from his second missionary journey (
18:22). He remained as a prisoner here for two years before his voyage to Rome (
Acts 24:27;
25:1, 4, 6, 13). Here on a "set day," when games were celebrated in the theatre in honour of the emperor Claudius, Herod Agrippa I. appeared among the people in great pomp, and in the midst of the idolatrous homage paid to him was suddenly smitten by an angel, and carried out a dying man. He was "eaten of worms" (
12:19-23), thus perishing by the same loathsome disease as his granfather, Herod the Great. It still retains its ancient name Kaiseriyeh, but is now desolate. "The present inhabitants of the ruins are snakes, scorpions, lizards, wild boars, and jackals." It is described as the most desolate city of all Palestine.
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How Titus Exhibited all Sorts of Shows at Cesarea Philippi. ...
... CHAPTER 2. How Titus Exhibited All Sorts Of Shows At Cesarea Philippi. Concerning
Simon The Tyrant How He Was Taken, And Reserved For The Triumph. ...
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How Herod Celebrated the Games that were to Return Every Fifth ...
... CHAPTER 5. How Herod Celebrated The Games That Were To Return Every Fifth Year Upon
The Building Of Cesarea; And How He Built And Adorned Many Other Places ...
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Concerning the Famine that Happened in Judea and Syria; and How ...
... CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Famine That Happened In Judea And Syria; And How Herod,
After He Had Married Another Wife, Rebuilt Cesarea, And Other Grecian Cities. ...
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Festus Succeeds Felix who is Succeeded by Albinus as He is by ...
... Florus also conducted him as far as Cesarea, and deluded him, though he had at that
very time the purpose of showing his anger at the nation, and procuring a ...
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How Joppa was Taken, and Tiberias Delivered Up.
... 1. Now Vespasian returned to Ptolemais on the fourth day of the month Panemus,
[Tamus] and from thence he came to Cesarea, which lay by the sea-side. ...
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After what Manner Upon the Death of Claudius, Nero Succeeded in ...
... 7. And now it was that a great sedition arose between the Jews that inhabited Cesarea,
and the Syrians who dwelt there also, concerning their equal right to ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 after what manner.htm
What Things were done after the Death of Agrippa; and How Claudius ...
... But when it was known that Agrippa was departed this life, the inhabitants of Cesarea
and of Sebaste forgot the kindnesses he had bestowed on them, and acted ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 what things were.htm
Sedition of the Jews against Pontius Pilate. Concerning Christ ...
... 1. But now Pilate, the procurator of Judea, removed the army from Cesarea to Jerusalem,
to take their winter quarters there, in order to abolish the Jewish laws ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 sedition of the.htm
Paul Before Festus and Agrippa.
... emperor. Felix was succeeded by Festus, who a few days after his arrival
in the province, went up from Cesarea to Jerusalem. The ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xxviii paul before festus.htm
But Gamala Persevered in Its Allegiance to the Romans...
... the king what had been done. He moreover slew many of the Jews, in order
to gratify the Syrians of Cesarea. He had a mind also to ...
/.../josephus/the life of flavius josephus/section 11 but gamala persevered.htm
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Cesarea (17 Occurrences)...Cesarea (17 Occurrences).
... (WBS YLT). Acts 8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and
passing through, he preached in all the cities, till he came to
Cesarea.
.../c/cesarea.htm - 13kPhilip'pi (6 Occurrences)
... Matthew 16:13 And Jesus, having come to the parts of Cesarea Philippi, was asking
his disciples, saying, 'Who do men say me to be -- the Son of Man?' (See RSV). ...
/p/philip'pi.htm - 8k
Cesar (20 Occurrences)
/c/cesar.htm - 12k
Cesar's (8 Occurrences)
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Questioning (65 Occurrences)
... Mark 8:27 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Cesarea Philippi,
and in the way he was questioning his disciples, saying to them, 'Who ...
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Questioned (57 Occurrences)
... Mark 8:27 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Cesarea Philippi,
and in the way he was questioning his disciples, saying to them, 'Who ...
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Kindred (41 Occurrences)
... Acts 10:24 and on the morrow they did enter into Cesarea; and Cornelius was waiting
for them, having called together his kindred and near friends, (YLT). ...
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District (59 Occurrences)
... Matthew 16:13 And Jesus, having come to the parts of Cesarea Philippi, was asking
his disciples, saying, 'Who do men say me to be -- the Son of Man?' (See NAS ...
/d/district.htm - 24k
Phillippi (2 Occurrences)
... Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came into the borders of Cesarea Phillippi, he asked his
disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am? (WBS). ...
/p/phillippi.htm - 7k
Proclaiming (63 Occurrences)
... Acts 8:40 and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming
good news to all the cities, till his coming to Cesarea. (YLT). ...
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