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Caesarea
Town or city mentioned in 18 verses of the Bible, most often in Acts.
Journeys through Caesarea
- The ministry in Galilee (c. AD 27–29)
- Paul’s second journey (c. AD 49–52)
- Paul’s third journey (c. AD 53–57)
- Paul’s voyage to Rome (c. AD 59–60)
Where it appears
Acts (18)
Key verses
- Acts 8:40 first mention — But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.
- Acts 9:30 — Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cæsarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
- Acts 10:1 — There was a certain man in Cæsarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
- Acts 10:24 — And the morrow after they entered into Cæsarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
- 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 Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.
- Acts 18:22 — And when he had landed at Cæsarea, 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 Cæsarea: 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 Cæsarea, 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 Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
- Acts 24:1 — And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
- Acts 25:1 — Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem.
- Acts 25:13 — And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea to salute Festus.
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