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Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
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Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah
Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
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Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.
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When the believers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
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Cornelius Calls for Peter
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment.
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The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
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“Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
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After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.
Herod’s Death
Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
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When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.
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Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven.
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Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus and one of the early disciples.
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Paul Transferred to Caesarea
Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.
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When the cavalry arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.
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Paul’s Trial Before Felix
Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor.
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Paul’s Trial Before Festus
Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
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Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
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After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him.
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Festus Consults King Agrippa
A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
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Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
