Caesarea

Caesarea is a settlement named in 18 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Caesarea Maritima (high confidence).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Journeys

• Paul's second missionary journey
• Paul's third missionary journey
• Paul's voyage to Rome

Verses

Acts

• Acts 8:40
  But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
• Acts 9:30
  Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
• Acts 10:1
  There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
• 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.The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
• Acts 11:11
  And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea unto me.Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
• 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.After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
• Acts 18:22
  And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then 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.Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
• 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.Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
• 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;Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
• Acts 23:32
  On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
• Acts 23:33
  Who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
• 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.Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
• Acts 25:1
  Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem.Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
• Acts 25:4
  But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
• Acts 25:6
  And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.
• Acts 25:13
  And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to salute Festus.After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
• Acts 25:24
  And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.