Caesarea in the Bible

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Caesarea in the Bible

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At a glance

  • Name: Caesarea
  • Classification: Place
  • Testament: New Testament
  • Verse mentions: 17
  • Books: 3
  • Chapters: 11

Description

Caesarea was a major port city on the Mediterranean coast, built by Herod the Great. It is mentioned numerous times in the New Testament, including as the place where Paul was imprisoned and later set sail for Rome (Acts 23:23-35, Acts 27:1).

KJV Bible references

Matthew 16:13

When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

Mark 8:27

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

Acts 8:40

But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.

Acts 9:30

Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

Acts 10:1

There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band ,

Acts 10:24

And the morrow after they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

Acts 11:11

And behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea unto me.

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 Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.

Acts 18:22

And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

Acts 21:8

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

Acts 21:16

There went with us also certain of the disciples of Cesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.

Acts 23:23

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

Acts 23:33

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

Acts 25:1

Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem.

Acts 25:4

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

Acts 25:6

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

Acts 25:13

And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to salute Festus.

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