Caesarea Phillippi - Citizendia

Caesarea Philippi was a city just below the Golan Heights. Borders of Israel The Golan Heights ( الجولان al-Jawlān, הגולן ha-Golan) is a strategic Plateau and mountainous In the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus is said to have approached the area near the city, but without entering the city itself. The synoptic gospels are the first three Gospels of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Jesus, while in this area, asked his closest disciples what they thought of him. Accounts of their answers, and Jesus' reaction to them, are found in the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, as well as in the Gospel of Thomas. The Gospel According to Thomas ( Coptic: ⲡⲉ̅ⲩ̅ⲁ̅ⲅⲅ̅ⲉⲗ̅ⲓⲟⲛ̅ ⲡⲕ̅ⲁ̅ⲧⲁ ⲑ̅ⲱ̅ⲙⲁⲥ also known as The Gospel

After the Arab conquest, Caesarea Philippi became known as Banias, the city of Pan. For the city in northwestern Syria, see Baniyas. For the processor formerly codenamed Banias see Pentium M.

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