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1030. Caesarea, Jericho, and the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized, in Israel.

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This photo above shows a large arena where the Romans held many chariot races. This is in Caesarea.    In those days, their courts were held in public, and this is in a large amphitheater, near the Mediterranean Sea. This bottom row of stone dates clear back from New Testament times.  The rest of the amphitheater has been made more recently.   This is likely where the Apostle Paul  appeared before King Agrippa, after he  was in prison for 2 years.   It tells the story in Acts 25 and 26, especially in 26:28, after Paul tells his conversion to the King, and the King tells him:  "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." More ruins in Caesarea.  This was a sanctuary for the Kings, especially Herod, and he had a great palace there.  He knew the public in Jerusalem didn't like him, and he liked to come to the palace here, where he felt more safe from the anger of the people in Jerusalem.  This city and harbor were built under  Herod the Great  during c. 22–10 B