https://religionunplugged.com/news/2020/7/29/st-peter-and-pan-grotto-and-spring-in-the-golan-heights-is-revered-by-christians-and-druze-but-reviled-as-pagan-cult-center-by-jews
>Strikingly, Jesus chose to bring his disciples here to this place of pagan ritual impurity to deliver a sort of ‘graduation speech.’ In this pagan setting, he encouraged them to build a Church that would overcome the most debauched idolatry.
>Thus Jesus challenged his followers to storm the gates of Hades.
Standing near the gleaming pagan temples of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” It was Simon Peter who was inspired to answer: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
In reply, Jesus continued: “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matt. 16:13-20)