Caesarea Philippi

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CÆSAREA PHILIPPI.—The scene of Christ’s charge to Peter (Mat_16:13-20, Mar_8:27). Here was a sanctuary of Pan—a fact still remembered in the modern name Banias—and when Herod the Great received the territory from Augustus in b.c. 20, he erected here a temple. His son Philip refounded the city, and changed its name from Paneas to Cæsarea in honour of Augustus—adding his own name to distinguish the town from the similarly named city founded by his father on the sea-coast. For a while it was called Neronias, but ultimately the old name came once more to the surface and ousted the others. Here Titus celebrated with gladiatorial shows the capture of Jerusalem. It was captured by the Crusaders in 1130, and finally lost by them to the Moslems in 1165. It lies 1150 ft. above the sea in a recess of the Hermon mountains, and is well watered. Under the ancient castle of the Crusaders a copious stream issued from a cave, now much choked with fallen fragments of rock, where was the shrine of Pan. The modern village is small, and the remains of the Roman city meagre.
R. A. S. Macalister.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909

Caesare'a Philip'pi. Caesarea Philippi is mentioned only in the first two Gospels, Mat_16:13; Mar_8:27, and in accounts, of the same transactions. It was at the easternmost, and most important, of the two recognized sources of the Jordan, the other being at Tel-el-Kadi. The spring rises from, and the city was built on, a limestone terrace in a valley at the base of Mount Hermon, 20 miles north of the Sea of Galilee.
It was enlarged by Herod Philip, and named after Caesar, with his own name added to distinguish it, from Caesarea. Its present name is Banias, a village of some 50 houses, with many interesting ruins. Caesarea Philippi has no Old Testament history, though it has been not unreasonably identified with Baal-gad. It was visited by Christ, shortly before his transfiguration, Mat_16:13-28, and was the northern limit of his journeys. Mar_8:27.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863

was first called Laish or Leshem, Jdg_18:7. After it was subdued by the Danites, Jdg_5:29, it received the name of Dan; and is by Heathen writers called Paneas. Philip, the youngest son of Herod the Great, made it the capital of his tetrarchy, enlarged and embellished it, and gave it the name of Caesarea Philippi. It was situated at the foot of Mount Hermon, near the head of the Jordan; and was about fifty miles from Damascus, and thirty from Tyre. Our Saviour visited and taught in this place, and healed one who was possessed of an evil spirit:
here also he gave the memorable rebuke to Peter, Mark 8.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.

According to the biblical record, Caesarea Philippi was the most northerly town of Palestine that Jesus visited. It was located in northern Galilee, near the source of the Jordan River (Mat_16:13; Mar_8:27). Like the much larger town of Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, it was named in honour of the Roman Emperor. It was given the additional name Philippi in honour of Herod Philip, the provincial governor in whose territory it was located (cf. Luk_3:1).
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.

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