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Caesarea (/ ˌ s ɛ z ə ˈ r iː ə, ˌ s ɛ s-, ˌ s iː z-/ SE(E)Z-ə-REE-ə, SESS-; Koinē Greek: Καισάρεια, romanized: Kaisáreia; Hebrew: קֵיסָרְיָה, romanized: Qēsāryā; Arabic: قَيْصَرِيَّة, romanized: Qayṣariyyah or Arabic: قيسارية or Arabic: قيساريا), also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, [1] [2] [a] was ...
A cohort based in Caesarea is referred to in the Acts of the Apostles (Ancient Greek: σπείρης τῆς καλουμένης Ἰταλικῆς, "of the cohort called Italian", in Acts 10:1, translated as the Italian band in the King James Version, or the Italian Regiment in the Good News Translation and World English Bible), and is associated with Cornelius the Centurion, the first ...
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
Antipatris was a city built by Herod the Great, and named in honor of his father, Antipater II of Judea.It lay between Caesarea Maritima and Lydda, on the great Roman road from Caesarea to Jerusalem, [5] and figures prominently in Roman-era history.
[65] [69] Along the way, Origen stopped in Caesarea, [65] [69] where he was warmly greeted by the bishops Theoctistus of Caesarea and Alexander of Jerusalem, who had become his close friends during his previous stay. [65] [69] While he was visiting Caesarea, Origen asked Theoctistus to ordain him as a priest. [14] [65] Theoctistus gladly complied.
Also, according to Acts 21:10–12, 'a certain prophet', (Greek: τις) named Agabus met Paul the Apostle at Caesarea Maritima in AD 58. He was, according to the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary , 'no doubt the same' Agabus as had been mentioned in Acts 11:27–28 , [ 4 ] and Heinrich Meyer states that 'there is no reason against the ...
According to the Acts of the Apostles, whilst en route to Rome, St. Paul departed Caesarea Maritima on a ship from the city of Adramyttium which took him to Myra in Lycia. [30] [23] Adramyttium later also became the seat of a portorium. [9] Adramyttium was damaged by an earthquake during the reign of Emperor Trajan (r.
Eusebius of Caesarea [note 1] (c. AD 260/265 – 30 May AD 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilius, [note 2] [7] was a Greek [8] Syro-Palestinian [9] historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist. In about AD 314 he became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina.