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What people say: Matthew 16:13–14. When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples: 'Who do people say the Son of Man is?' They replied: 'Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.' Mark 8:27–28. Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea ...
In 3 BCE, Herod's son, Philip (also known as Philip the Tetrarch) founded a city which became his administrative capital, known from Josephus [20] and the Gospels of Matthew and Mark as Caesarea or Caesarea Philippi, to distinguish it from Caesarea Maritima and other cities named Caesarea (Matthew 16, Matthew 16:13, Mark 8, Mark 8:27).
Caesarea Maritima: This port city is the location of the 1961 discovery of the Pilate stone, the only archaeological item that mentions the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate, by whose order Jesus was crucified. [2] [3] [35] Sychar: The encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:4–26 takes place in Sychar in Samaria near Jacob's Well ...
The regions of Caesarea Philippi are called "the northern coasts of the land of Israel", [17] marking "the most northerly point" reached by Jesus Christ in his ministry. [ 10 ] The Textus Receptus has Greek : τινα με λεγουσιν , tina me legousin , but the με is omitted by Westcott-Hort .
Caesarea (modern town), official name Qeysarya, a modern town in Israel built near the site of ancient Caesarea Maritima; Caesarea ad Libanum, a Roman name of Arqa in Lebanon; Caesarea Philippi, an ancient city at Banias in the Golan Heights; Caesarea Magna, formerly Larissa in Syria, now Shaizar, an ancient Roman city and modern Syrian town
John Lightfoot rejects Tabor as too far but "some mountain near Caesarea-Philippi". [43] The usual candidate, in this case, is Mount Panium, Paneas, or Banias, a small hill situated at the source of the Jordan, near the foot of which Caesarea Philippi was built. William Hendriksen in his commentary on Matthew (1973) favours Mount Meron. [44]
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In some sources, Philip is referred to as the "Tetrarch of Batanea" with the capital at Caesarea Philippi, although his lands were more extensive than this. On Philip's death in 34 BC, Batanea briefly became part of the Roman province of Syria , but in 37 BC it was established as a kingdom and passed to king Herod Agrippa I , and in 53 BC to ...