Caesarea Philippi by Sara Hernandez

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Caesarea Philippi

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CAESAREA-PHILIPPI

BY:SARA HERNANDEZ

Photo by amira_a

Holds one of the largest springs feeding into the Jordan River

Was originally knows as Baal Hermon or Baal Gad in the Old Testament

Was named Panias after the Greek God, Pan.

THE GREEK GOD, PAN WAS SAID TO BE BORN IN A CAVE IN CAESAREA-PHILIPPI

Another current name for Caesarea Philippi is Banias

Herod received the area of Banias from Caesar Augustus in 20 B.C.

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There was a temple dedicated to the Greek goddess, Roma, and Emperor Augustus

Photo by Jose Javier Martin Espartosa

HEROD'S PALACE WAS LOCATED ON ITS OWN PENINSULA

THIS IS WHERE JESUS ASKED THE DISCIPLES "WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I AM?" (Mark 8)

CAESAREA IS THE GATEWAY THROUGH WHICH THE GOSPEL WENT OUT INTO THE REST OF THE GENTILE WORLD

Sara Hernandez