Caesarea

City / town · Modern: Caesarea, Israel · Samaria

The great harbour city built by Herod the Great and the seat of the Roman governors of Judea. Cornelius the centurion was converted here — the gospel's decisive opening to the Gentiles — Philip settled here, and Paul was imprisoned in the city for two years before appealing to Caesar (Acts 10; 21:8; 23-26).

Where in scripture

[1] Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, [2] a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God. [3] At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!” [4] He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God. [5] Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is also called Peter. [6] He lodges with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside. …
Acts 10 — opening verses — cited in the description of Caesarea

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Acts 10