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Like the story of Saul's conversion, two visionary experiences are involved in the story of Cornelius, each confirming the other. [6] While Peter remained in Joppa (9:43), the focus moves to Caesarea, 32 miles (51 km) north up the coast, to a Roman called Cornelius, belonging to the 'non-commissioned officer class who were the backbone of the Roman army', the 'Italian Cohort' (10:1). [6]
Apollonia is depicted in the Tabula Peutingeriana, on the coastal highway between Joppa and Caesarea, at the distance of 22 miles from Caesarea, ...
Caesarea (/ ˌ s ɛ z ə ˈ r iː ə, ˌ s ɛ s-, ˌ s iː z-/) [a] also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, [1] [2] [b] was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village.
Jaffa (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, romanized: Yāfō, pronounced ⓘ; Arabic: يَافَا, romanized: Yāfā, pronounced), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part.
Caesarea, a city name derived from the Roman title "Caesar", was the name of numerous cities and locations in the Roman Empire: Places. In the Levant. Caesarea ...
The province's Jewish population was now mainly concentrated in Galilee, the coastal plain (especially in Lydda, Joppa, and Caesarea), and smaller Jewish communities continued to live in the Beth She'an Valley, the Carmel, and Judea's northern and southern frontiers, including the southern Hebron Hills and along the shores of the Dead Sea. [34 ...
Caesarea (/ ˌ s ɛ z ə ˈ r iː ə, ˌ s ɛ s-, ˌ s iː z-/ SE(E)Z-ə-REE-ə, SESS-; Arabic: قيساريّة, Hebrew: קֵיסָרְיָה, romanized: Qēsarya, pronounced [keiˈsaʁja]), also transliterated as Keisarya or Qaysaria, [2] is an affluent resort town in north-central Israel, which was named after the ancient city of Caesarea Maritima situated 1–2 kilometres (0.62–1.24 mi ...
The Crusaders held the town twice, between 1129–1132 and 1140–1164. [39] It was called by the Franks Belinas or Caesarea Philippi. [40] From 1126–1129, the town was held by Assassins, and was turned over to the Franks following the purge of the sect from Damascus by Buri.