Treasury of Scripture
the morrow.
Acts 10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
Caesarea. This city, once an obscure fortress called Strato's Tower, was built and superbly decorated by Herod the Great and called Caesarea, in honour of Augustus Caesar, to whom he dedicated it in the
28th year of his reign. It was situated on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Joppa and Dora, with a haven, rendered by Herod the most convenient on the coast: according to Ibn Idris and Abulfeda,
30 miles from Jaffa or Joppa,
Acts 10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call here Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side...
from Ramlay, and
Acts 10:36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
from Acco or Ptolemais; and, according to Josephus,
600 stadia, or
75 miles from Jerusalem, though the real distance is probably not more than
62 miles. Nothing now remains of the former splendour of Caesarea: the supposed sites of the ancient edifices are mere mounds of indefinable form; the waves wash the ruins of the mole, the tower, and the port; the whole of the surrounding country is a sandy desert; and not a creature except beasts of prey, resides within many miles of this silent desolation.
and had.
Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come you, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob...
Micah 4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob...
Zechariah 3:10 In that day, said the LORD of hosts, shall you call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.
Zechariah 8:20-23 Thus said the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities...
Matthew 9:9,10 And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said to him, Follow me...
Mark 5:19,20 However, Jesus suffered him not, but said to him, Go home to your friends, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for you...
Luke 5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
John 1:41-49 He first finds his own brother Simon, and said to him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ...
John 4:28,29 The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and said to the men...
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...