Cesarea Philippi; a town in the north part of Galilee, and near mount Hermon. Philip the tetrarch greatly enlarged it, and called it Cesarea in honor of Tiberius Cesar. Philippi was added to distinguish it from another Cesarea which lay on the Mediterranean sea. Matthew 16:13.

Christ foretells his death, and reproves Peter. Matthew 16:13-28.

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Old Testament