Caesarea
A city on the Mediterranean Sea named in honor of Caesar Augustus. It was about sixty-five miles northwest of Jerusalem.…
Places
Caesarea Philippi
An ancient town in northern Israel where Herod the Great built a temple in honor of Augustus Caesar. Herod’s son,…
Calvary
The place where Jesus was crucified. The name comes from a Latin word, calvaria, meaning “skull.” In Aramaic, it is…
Cana
A village in Galilee mentioned several times in the gospel of John. While we don’t know its exact location, it…
Canaan/Canaanites
One of the old names for Palestine (now Israel); the land God promised to give to the descendants of Abraham.…
Capernaum
A large town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus made this town His headquarters during His…
Caves
Openings in the earth. In Israel, where the hills are largely limestone or chalk, some are large enough to be…
Cities of Refuge
A place where a person who killed someone by accident could run and avoid being put to death before a…
City
Ancient cities differ from modern cities. A city always had a high wall around it several feet thick and made…
Colossae
An important city for more than a thousand years—from 500 BC to AD 600. It was located in the southwestern…
Corinth
The capital of Achaia (now southern Greece) and an important seaport in New Testament times. It was known for its…