Places of the Bible

Caesarea

Judea · New Testament · 17 verses

A coastal city on the Mediterranean built by Herod the Great, serving as the Roman administrative capital of Judea. The name appears in Matthew, Mark, Acts in the King James text.

About Caesarea

A coastal city on the Mediterranean built by Herod the Great, serving as the Roman administrative capital of Judea.

Its place in the story

Caesarea was the home of Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, whom Peter visited. Philip the evangelist lived there, and Paul was imprisoned in Caesarea for two years and made his defense before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa.

Caesarea in Scripture (KJV)

“When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?”
Matthew 16:13 (KJV)
“And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?”
Mark 8:27 (KJV)
“But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.”
Acts 8:40 (KJV)
“Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.”
Acts 9:30 (KJV)
“There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,”
Acts 10:1 (KJV)
“And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.”
Acts 10:24 (KJV)
“And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.”
Acts 11:11 (KJV)
“And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.”
Acts 12:19 (KJV)

Caesarea is named 17 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

In Caesarea the gospel of Christ first opened to the Gentiles through Peter's visit to Cornelius.

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A coastal city on the Mediterranean built by Herod the Great, serving as the Roman administrative capital of Judea. The name appears in Matthew, Mark, Acts in the King James text.

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Caesarea was the home of Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, whom Peter visited. Philip the evangelist lived there, and Paul was imprisoned in Caesarea for two years and made his defense before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa.

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