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Caesarea Philippi

northern Galilee · New Testament · 2 verses

A city at the foot of Mount Hermon in the far north, near the sources of the Jordan, distinct from coastal Caesarea. The name appears in Matthew, Mark in the King James text.

About Caesarea Philippi

A city at the foot of Mount Hermon in the far north, near the sources of the Jordan, distinct from coastal Caesarea.

Its place in the story

Caesarea Philippi was where Jesus asked his disciples who people said he was. Here Peter confessed him as the Christ, the Son of the living God, and Jesus began to foretell his coming suffering.

Caesarea Philippi 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)

Where it leads

At Caesarea Philippi Peter confessed Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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Where is Caesarea Philippi in the Bible?

A city at the foot of Mount Hermon in the far north, near the sources of the Jordan, distinct from coastal Caesarea. The name appears in Matthew, Mark in the King James text.

What happened at Caesarea Philippi?

Caesarea Philippi was where Jesus asked his disciples who people said he was. Here Peter confessed him as the Christ, the Son of the living God, and Jesus began to foretell his coming suffering.

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