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In 3 BCE, Herod's son, Philip (also known as Philip the Tetrarch) founded a city which became his administrative capital, known from Josephus [20] and the Gospels of Matthew and Mark as Caesarea or Caesarea Philippi, to distinguish it from Caesarea Maritima and other cities named Caesarea (Matthew 16, Matthew 16:13, Mark 8, Mark 8:27).
Philippi (/ f ɪ ˈ l ɪ p aɪ, ˈ f ɪ l ə ˌ p aɪ /; Ancient Greek: Φίλιπποι, Phílippoi) was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides ( Ancient Greek : Κρηνῖδες , Krēnĩdes "Fountains") [ 1 ] after its establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC.
Caesarea (modern town), official name Qeysarya, a modern town in Israel built near the site of ancient Caesarea Maritima; Caesarea ad Libanum, a Roman name of Arqa in Lebanon; Caesarea Philippi, an ancient city at Banias in the Golan Heights; Caesarea Magna, formerly Larissa in Syria, now Shaizar, an ancient Roman city and modern Syrian town
Mount Hermon (2,814 metres or 9,232 feet high) was suggested by J. Lightfoot (1602–1675) and R. H. Fuller (1915–2007) [2] for two reasons: It is the highest site in the area [given that the Transfiguration took place on "a high mountain" (Matthew 17:1)], and it is located near Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13), where the previous events reportedly took place.
Caesarea Phillippi ("the villages around Caesarea Philippi"): the capital city of the tetrarchy of Philip is mentioned in Mark 8:27 and its surroundings are the first location where Jesus predicts his death . [57]
In Matthew 16:1 the Pharisees and Sadducees come to him, presumably in the same location. Matthew 16:5 refers again to travel to "the other side", and verses 16:13–20 are set "in the region of Caesarea Philippi". The "other side" of the lake would have been the eastern side. [3]
It was located on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, whereas Gerasa and Gadara were several kilometers south-east of it. Hippos, Gerasa, and Gadara were all counted in the Decapolis, an informal grouping of Greco-Roman cities just south of the ancient city of Caesarea Philippi .
The setting is near Caesarea Philippi, northeast of the Sea of Galilee and within the Tetrarchy of Philip, and is at the beginning of the final journey to Jerusalem which ends in the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus. [2] Peter's Confession begins as a dialogue between Jesus and his disciples in Matthew 16:13, Mark 8:27 and Luke 9:18. Jesus ...