Caesarea Philippi
Where Caesarea Philippi sits on the map, and the 2 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Banias
- Coordinates
- 33.2461, 35.6933
- Mentions
- 2 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Can you visit it today?
One of the Jordan’s springs rises at the foot of a cliff, beside the grotto of Pan and the carved niches of the Hellenistic and Roman sanctuary, whose foundations are exposed. Downhill a palace of Agrippa II is being dug; the reserve also takes in a waterfall and, on the heights above, the Crusader castle of Nimrod.
- Where it is
- At the southern foot of Mount Hermon, in the Golan Heights, some 50 km north of the Sea of Galilee.
What to read there
The passage that gives this site its meaning, to read while you are here.
Matthew 16, 13-20Open in the readerPassages where it appears
2 verses, in biblical order.
Matthew
- Matthew 16:13
Then Jesus went into parts of Caesarea Philippi. And he questioned his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?”
Mark
- Mark 8:27
And Jesus departed with his disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way, he questioned his disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?”
Routes that pass through here
Tabor itineraries with a stop at this place.