Lives of Scripture
Caesarea
A Roman port city built by Herod the Great and named for Caesar Augustus, Caesarea served as the Roman governor's residence and administrative capital of Judea. Philip the evangelist settled there (Acts 8:40; 21:8), and it was in Caesarea that Cornelius, a Roman centurion, received a vision leading to Peter's visit and the first recorded Gentile conversion apart from circumcision (Acts 10). Paul was later held under guard in Caesarea for two years, tried before governors Felix and Festus and King Agrippa, and it was from there that he appealed to Caesar and sailed for Rome (Acts 23-26).
References: Acts 8:40; Acts 10; Acts 23:23-24; Acts 25-26
People connected to Caesarea
- Agabus (M) — warned Paul here that he would be bound in Jerusalem
Acts 21:10-11
- Agrippa (M) — the king who heard Paul's defense here
Acts 25:23; Acts 26:1
- Ananias (M) — the high priest who came here to accuse Paul before Felix
Acts 24:1
- Bernice (F) — attended Paul's hearing here with her brother King Agrippa
Acts 25:23
- Blastus (M) — Herod Agrippa I's chamberlain, at this city where Herod was struck down
Acts 12:20-23
- Caesar (M) — the emperor to whom Paul appealed from this city
Acts 25:11-12
- Cornelius (M) — the centurion of this city, first Gentile convert, baptized by Peter
Acts 10:1; Acts 10:44-48
- Drusilla (F) — Felix's wife, who heard Paul speak of faith in Christ here
Acts 24:24
- Felix (M) — the governor who held Paul prisoner here for two years
Acts 24:27
- Festus (M) — the governor who heard Paul here and sent him to Rome
Acts 25:1-12
- Herod (M) — struck down at this city after accepting the crowd's worship
Acts 12:19-23
- Julius (M) — the centurion who took charge of Paul here for the voyage to Rome
Acts 27:1
- Lysias (M) — the tribune who sent Paul here under armed guard from Jerusalem
Acts 23:23-33
- Philip (M) — the evangelist whose home here hosted Paul and his companions
Acts 21:8-9