# Caesarea

Judea · today Caesarea Maritima

Roman port and seat of the governor. It is here that Cornelius, a Roman officer, receives the Spirit: the moment the church stops being Jewish.

## Ancient names

- Καισάρεια μητρόπολις (Kaisareia metropolis): Greek
- Caesarea Maritima: Latin

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678401).

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## Passages

- **Acts 8:40** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/40
- **Acts 9:30** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/30
- **Acts 10:1-48** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/1
- **Acts 10:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/1
- **Acts 10:24** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/24
- **Acts 11:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/11
- **Acts 12:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/19
- **Acts 18:22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/22
- **Acts 21:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/8
- **Acts 21:16** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/16
- **Acts 23:23** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/23/23
- **Acts 23:32-33** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/23/32
- **Acts 24:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/24/1
- **Acts 25:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25/1
- **Acts 25:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25/4
- **Acts 25:6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25/6
- **Acts 25:13** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25/13
- **Acts 25:24** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25/24

## What happened here

- **Cornelius receives the Spirit** (AD 40, approximate date)
  A Roman officer and his household receive the Spirit before any Jewish rite. It is the decision the church spends the next chapters trying to understand.

## Coordinates

32.5000, 34.8917

## Straight-line distances

- **Nazareth**: about 27 mi (44 km) in a straight line, 2 days on foot
- **Joppa**: about 32 mi (51 km) in a straight line, 3 days on foot
- **Ashdod**: about 53 mi (85 km) in a straight line, 4 days on foot
- **Antioch**: about 270 mi (430 km) in a straight line
- **Tarsus**: about 300 mi (490 km) in a straight line
- **Jerusalem**: about 54 mi (87 km) in a straight line, 4 days on foot

## In the reference maps

- **Paul's journeys**: 2nd journey (Acts 18:22); 3rd journey (Acts 21:8-14); to Rome (Acts 27:1-2). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/viagens-de-paulo

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/caesarea
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- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).