Bible Cities

Bethphage in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("house of unripe figs"): testifying the former fertility which no longer remains; a village on the mount of Olives, on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem. Close to Bethany, E. of it, since Bethphage stands first in describing a journey from E. to W. The traditional site is above Bethany, between it and the mountain's top. Schwarz places i...

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Bethsaida in Easton's Bible Dictionary

house of fish. (1.) A town in Galilee, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias, in the "land of Gennesaret." It was the native place of Peter, Andrew, and Philip, and was frequently resorted to by Jesus (Mark 6:45; John 1:44; 12:21). It is supposed to have been at the modern 'Ain Tabighah, a bay to the north of Gennesaret. (2.) A city ne...

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Bethsaida Scripture - John 1:44

Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter....

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Caesarea Scripture - Acts 23:23

And he called unto [him] two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;...

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Caesarea Scripture - Acts 25:4

But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly [thither]....

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Caesarea Philippi in Naves Topical Bible

A city in the north of Israel; visited by Jesus Mt 16:13; Mr 8:27; Lu 9:18...

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Cana in Hitchcock's Bible Names

zeal; jealousy; possession...

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Bethsaida in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("house of fish".) A city of Galilee, W. of and close to the sea of Tiberias, in the land of Gennesareth (Mark 6:45-53; John 6:16-17; John 1:44; John 12:21). Andrew, Peter, and Philip belonged to it, Near Capernaum and Chorazin (Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13). When Jesus fed the 5,000 on the N.E. of the lake, they entered into a boat to cross to B...

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