• Acts 1

  • Video Introduction to the Book of Acts

  • Acts of Apostles—Some Major Events

  • Bethphage, the Mount of Olives, and Jerusalem

  • Upper Room

  • Acts 2

  • Theodotus Inscription to Greek-Speaking Jews

  • Pentecost 33 C.E. and the Spreading of the Good News

  • Acts 3

  • Solomon’s Colonnade

  • Acts 4

  • The Sanhedrin

  • Acts 5

  • Early Parchment Manuscript of the Christian Greek Scriptures

  • Solomon’s Colonnade

  • Preaching From House to House

  • Acts 6

  • Theodotus Inscription to Greek-Speaking Jews

  • Antioch of Syria

  • Acts 8

  • Activities of Philip the Evangelizer

  • Caesarea

  • Acts 9

  • Saul and Damascus

  • Saul on the Road to Damascus

  • Roman Road in Tarsus

  • Construction of a Roman Road

  • Theodotus Inscription to Greek-Speaking Jews

  • Joppa

  • Upper Room

  • Garments and Robes

  • Acts 11

  • Joppa

  • Antioch of Syria

  • Emperor Claudius

  • Acts 12

  • Herod Agrippa I

  • Acts 13

  • Acts of Apostles—Paul’s First Missionary Tour (Ac 13:1–14:28) c. 47-48 C.E.

  • Antioch of Syria

  • Coin From Cyprus, With the Title “Proconsul”

  • Acts 15

  • Acts of Apostles—Paul’s Second Missionary Tour (Ac 15:36–18:22) c. 49-52 C.E.

  • Acts 16

  • Neapolis

  • A Place of Prayer Near Philippi

  • Acts 17

  • Beroea

  • Altars to Unknown Gods

  • Acts 18

  • Synagogue in the City of Ostia

  • Emperor Claudius

  • Judgment Seat in Corinth

  • Gallio Inscription

  • Harbor of Ancient Cenchreae

  • Caesarea

  • Acts of Apostles—Paul’s Third Missionary Tour (Ac 18:23–21:17) c. 52-56 C.E.

  • Acts 19

  • Inscription Mentioning Ephesian Silversmiths

  • The Theater and Surroundings in Ephesus

  • Acts 20

  • Preaching From House to House

  • Wolf

  • Acts 21

  • Activities of Philip the Evangelizer

  • Roman Road in Tarsus

  • Acts 22

  • Saul and Damascus

  • The Sanhedrin

  • Acts 23

  • Roman Spears

  • Acts 24

  • The Sanhedrin

  • Acts 25

  • Caesar Nero

  • Acts 27

  • Acts of Apostles—Paul’s Trip to Rome and His First Imprisonment There (Ac 27:1–28:31)

  • First-Century Merchant Ship

  • An Anchor of Wood and Metal

  • Sounding Weights

  • Acts 28

  • Construction of a Roman Road

  • The City of Rome

  • The Appian Way

  • Caesar Nero

The items shown in the illustrations and 3-D video footage in the Media Gallery are based on extensive research. However, they are artists’ renditions and, at times, depict only one of several possibilities.

Caesarea

Caesarea

1. Roman theater

2. Palace

3. Hippodrome

4. Pagan temple

5. Harbor

This video of the ruins of Caesarea includes 3-D reconstructions, showing what some of the main buildings may have looked like. The city of Caesarea and its harbor were built by Herod the Great toward the end of the first century B.C.E. Herod named the city after Caesar Augustus. Located about 87 km (54 mi) northwest of Jerusalem on the Mediterranean Coast, Caesarea became an important maritime hub. The city included a Roman theater (1), a palace that extended into the sea (2), a hippodrome, or stadium for horse racing, that could hold an estimated 30,000 spectators (3), and a pagan temple (4). The man-made harbor (5) was an engineering marvel. An aqueduct supplied Caesarea with fresh water, and the city had its own sewer system. The apostle Paul and other Christians traveled to and from Caesarea by boat. (Ac 9:30; 18:21, 22; 21:7, 8, 16) Paul was imprisoned there for about two years. (Ac 24:27) Philip the evangelizer traveled to Caesarea at the end of a preaching tour and possibly settled there. (Ac 8:40; 21:8) Cornelius, the first uncircumcised Gentile to become a Christian, lived in that city. (Ac 10:1, 24, 34, 35, 45-48) It was probably in Caesarea that Luke wrote his Gospel.

Related Scripture(s)

Ac 8:40; Ac 18:22
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