Caesarea
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he
preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea....
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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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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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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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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?...
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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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There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a
centurion of the band called the Italian [band],...
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1. Named also Sebaste (i.e. of Augustus, in whose honor
Herod the Great built it in ten years with a lavish
expenditure, so that Tacitus calls it "the head of Judaea".)
Also Stratonis, from Strato's tower, and Palaestinae, and
Maritime. The residence of Philip the deacon and his four
prophesying daughters (Acts 8:40; Acts 21:8; Acts 21:16).
A...
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(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 o...
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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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