Caesarea-Philippi

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Caesarea-Philippi

Located at the foot of Mt Hermon, it is known as the place of Peter's confession (Mat 16:13). Its original name was Baal-Gad (Josh. 11:17), or Baal-Hermon (Judg. 3:3; 1 Chr. 5:23), when it was a Canaanite sanctuary of Baal. Its modern name is Banias. It was here that Herod built a temple, which he dedicated to Augustus Caesar. The town was enlarged and embellished by Herod Philip, the tetrarch of Trachonitis, whose territory it was part of, and was called by him Caesarea Philippi, partly after his own name, and partly after that of the emperor Tiberius Caesar and therefore distinguished from the Caesarea of Palestine.

Scriptures

Mat_16:13

Mar_8:27