Matthew 16:13

“When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, etc.] The towns that were in the neighbourhood of this city; which city went by several names before, as Leshem, (<061947>Joshua 19:47) which being taken by the Danites, they called it Dan; hence we read of ˆwyrsyqd ˆd, “Dan, which is Caesarea” f919. It was also called Paneas, from the name of the fountain of Jordan, by which it was situated; and which Pliny says f920 gave the surname to Caesarea; and hence it is called by Ptolomy f921 Caesarea Paniae; and by the name of Paneas it went, when Philip the f922 tetrarch rebuilt it, and called it Caesarea, in honour of Tiberius Caesar; and from his own name, Philippi, to distinguish it from…”

“See also Mark 8:27-29, and Luke 9:18-20. Cesarea Philippi - There were two cities in Judea called Caesarea. One was situated on the borders of the Mediterranean (See the notes at Acts 8:40), and the other was the one mentioned here. This city was greatly enlarged and ornamented by Philip the tetrarch, son of Herod, and called Caesarea in honor of the Roman emperor, Tiberius Caesar. To distinguish it from the other Caesarea the name of Philip was added to it, and it was called Caesarea Philippi, or Caesarea of Philippi. It was situated in the boundaries of the tribe of Naphtali, at the foot of Mount Hermon. It is now called Panias or Banias, and contains (circa 1880’s) about 200 houses, and…”

“And Jesus coming - There was a large interval of time between what has been related, and what follows. The passages that follow were but a short time before our Lord suffered. Mar 8:27; Luk 9:18. Matthew 16:14”

“16:13 Caesarea Philippi, located approximately twenty-five miles north of Capernaum, hosted many shrines to the Roman god of nature, Pan.”

“came: Mat 15:21; Act 10:38 Caesarea Philippi: Cesarea Philippi was anciently called Paneas, from the mountain of Panium, or Hermon, at the foot of which it was situated, near the springs of Jordan; but Philip the tetrarch, the son of Herod the Great, having rebuilt it, gave it the name of Cesarea in honour of Tiberius, the reigning emperor, and he added his own name to it, to distinguish it from another Cesarea on the coast of the Mediterranean. It was afterwards named Neronias by the young Agrippa, in honour of Nero; and in the time of William of Tyre, it was called Belinas. It was, according to Josephus, a day's journey from Sidon, and 120 stadia from the lake of Phiala; and, according to…”