Caesarea

Sandy on the beach at Caesarea

We’re on the coast of the Mediterranean at Caesarea. The ruins of the Roman city are extensive. We saw the theater, the hippodrome, the palace of Herod, and the 7 mile aqueduct. This city had the largest port on the coast in 1st century Palestine. This was the city built by Herod the Great and became the capital of the Roman province where Pilate ruled. Caesarea was the city where Cornelius lived (Acts 10). This is the city where Herod Aggipa I died suddenly when the people declared him a god (Acts 12). This is the city where Paul was imprisoned for two year, where he made his defense of the Gospel before Festus and Aggripa II. Today we walked on stone streets that Paul walked on almost 2000 years ago. We had a ball walking on the beach and looking at the sites.

Standing at the Aquaduct