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Caesarea (Palestinae): A city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre
to Egypt, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, at the northern
extremity of the plain of Sharon. It was built by Herod the Great
(B.C. 10) who named it after Caesar Augustus, hence called Caesarea
Sebaste (Gr. Sebastos "Augustus"), on the site of an old town called
"Strato's Tower." It was the capital of the Roman province of Judaea,
the seat of the governors or procurators, and the headquarters of the
Roman troops. It was the great Gentile city of Palestine, with a
spacious artificial harbour. It was adorned with many buildings of
great splendour, after the manner of the Roman cities of the West.
Here Cornelius the centurion was converted through the instrumentality
of Peter
(Acts 10:1,24) and thus for the first time the door of
faith was opened to the Gentiles. Philip the evangelist resided here
with his four daughters
(Acts 21:8) From this place Saul sailed for
his native Tarsus when forced to flee from Jerusalem
(Acts 9:30) and
here he landed when returning from his second missionary journey
(Acts 18:22) He remained as a prisoner here for two years before his
voyage to Rome
(Acts 24:27; 25:1,4,6,13) Here on a "set day," when
games were celebrated in the theatre in honour of the emperor
Claudius, Herod Agrippa I. appeared among the people in great pomp,
and in the midst of the idolatrous homage paid to him was suddenly
smitten by an angel, and carried out a dying man. He was "eaten of
worms"
(Acts 12:19-23) thus perishing by the same loathsome disease
as his granfather, Herod the Great. It still retains its ancient name
Kaiseriyeh, but is now desolate. "The present inhabitants of the
ruins are snakes, scorpions, lizards, wild boars, and jackals." It is
described as the most desolate city of all Palestine.
