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Ancient Caesarea - Kids Bible maps

This map shows the city known as Caesarea in the land of ancient Israel. Caesarea was located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Herod the Great built the city up and made it very strong and he named it Caesarea in honor of Augustus Caesar. Philip the evangelist lived here, and so did Cornelius the Roman centurion. Caesarea was roughly...

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Ancient Caesarea - Map of New Testament Israel

CAES-A-RE`A (for Caesar), An important city on the Mediterranean coast of Palestine, and in line ot travel from Tyre to Egypt. Anciently called Strato`s Tower. Built by Herod the Great, and named in honor of Caesar Augustus. Political capital of Palestine. Residence of Philip, Acts viii, 40; and Cornelius, Acts x, xi, 1-18. You can visit the s...

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Caesarea in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ses-a-re'-a, se-za-re'-a (Kaisareia): (1) Caesarea Palestina (pal-es-ti'na). The ancient name in the Arabic form Qaisariyeh still clings to the ruins on the sea shore, about 30 miles North of Jaffa. It was built by Herod the Great on the site of Strato's Tower (Ant., XIII, xi, 2; XV, ix, 6), and the name Caesarea Sebaste was given it in honor ...

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Caesarea Scripture - Acts 12:19

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....

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Caesarea Scripture - Matthew 16:13

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?...

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Caesarea in Naves Topical Bible

A seaport in Israel -The home of Philip Ac 8:40; 21:8 Cornelius, the centurion Ac 10:1,24 Herod Ac 12:19-23 Felix Ac 23:23,24 -Paul conveyed to, by the disciples to save him from his enemies Ac 9:30 -By Roman soldiers to be tried by Felix Ac 23:23-35...

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Caesarea Scripture - Acts 21:8

And the next [day] we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was [one] of the seven; and abode with him....

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Caesarea Scripture - Acts 23:33

Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him....

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Caesarea Scripture - Acts 25:6

And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought....

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Caesarea in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Ac 8:40; 9:30; 10:1,24; 11:11; 12:19; 18:22; 21:8,16; 23:23,33; 25:1,4,6,13 was situated on the coast of Israel, on the line of the great road from Tyre to Egypt, and about halfway between Joppa and Dora. The distance from Jerusalem was about 70 miles; Josephus states it in round numbers as 600 stadia. In Strabo's time there was on this point ...

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