Difference between revisions of "Caesarea-Philippi"

<p> A city three or four miles east of Dan, near the eastern source of the Jordan; anciently called Paneas, now Banias, from an adjacent grotto dedicated to Pan, from which one of the sources of the [[Jordan]] flowed. It stood where the mountains south-west of Hermon join the plain above lake Huleh, on an elevated plateau surrounded by ravines and water-courses; and its walls were thick and strong. It was enlarged and embellished by [[Philip]] the tetrarch of Trachonitis, and called [[Caesarea]] in honor of [[Tiberius]] Caesar; and the name [[Philippi]] was added to distinguish it from Caesarea on the Mediterranean. Our [[Savior]] visited this place shortly before his transfiguration, Matthew 16:13-28 Mark 8:27-38 Luke 9:18,27 . After the destruction of Jerusalem, Titus here made the captive [[Jews]] fight and kill each other in gladiatorial shows. In the time of the crusades it underwent many changes, and is now a paltry village amid extensive ruins. </p>

<p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Caesarea-Philippi'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/caesarea-philippi.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p>