Biblical places
Caesarea Philippi
Where Peter confessed Jesus as the Christ, a city near a temple to Pan at the foot of Mount Hermon (Matthew 16:13-20). Distinct from the coastal city of Caesarea, identified with the ruins of Banias.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Very High
- Banias
- 33.2486, 35.6944
The ancient place name and the modern site (Banias) clearly correspond, with no disagreement.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Matthew 16:13
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
Mark 8:26
And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?