Caesarea synonyms

sē'zə-rē'ə, sĕs'ə-, sĕz'ə-

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also <b>caesarea pal·e·sti·nae </b> (related)
An ancient seaport of Palestine south of present-day Haifa, Israel. It was founded (30 bc ) by Herod the Great and later became the capital of Roman Judea. The city was destroyed by Muslims in 1265.
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also <b>caesarea phil·ip·pi </b> (related)
An ancient city of northern Palestine near Mount Hermon in present-day southwest Syria. It was built in the first century ad on the site of a center for the worship of Pan.
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also <b>caesarea maz·a·ca </b> (related)
An ancient city of Cappadocia on the site of present-day Kayseri in central Turkey. The chief city of the region, it was destroyed by Persians in ad 260.
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  • For the moment the Jews were cowed, and next day they went submissively to greet the troops coming from Caesarea.

  • Florus withdrew with all his troops, except one cohort, to Caesarea.

  • There is no strong reason for holding that the three were written from Caesarea.

  • Jerome says that Apollos was so dissatisfied with the division at Corinth, that he retired into Crete with Zenas, a doctor of the law; and that the schism having been healed by Paul's letter to the Corinthians, Apollos returned to the city, and became its bishop. Less probable traditions assign to him the bishopric of Duras, or of Iconium in Phrygia, or of Caesarea.

  • Andreas of Caesarea mentions Papias as attesting the credibility of Revelation, and cites two of his remarks on Rev. xii.

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