Reference: Capernaum
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A chief city of Galilee in the time of Christ, not mentioned before the captivity in Babylon. It lay on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, about five miles from the Jordan and on the frequented route from Damascus to the Mediterranean. This seems to have been the residence of Christ, during the three years of his ministry, more than any other place. The brothers Andrew and Peter dwelt there; Christ often taught in the synagogue, and wrought mighty works there. Mt 17:23; Mr 1:21-35; Joh 6:17,59; and it is called "his own city," Mt 4:12-16; 9:1; Mr 2:1. Its inhabitants were thus "exalted unto heaven;" but their unbelief and impenitence cast them down to destruction, Mt 11:20-24. The very name and site of Capernaum have been lost. Dr. Robinson, however, finds them at Khan Minyeh, on the northern border of the fine plain of Gennesareth, where ruins of some extent still remain, and a copious fountain not far from the sea.
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But when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he retreated to Galilee. And he left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali, read more. in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah, "Zebulon's land, and Naphtali's land, Along the road to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"
So he got into the boat and crossed the sea, and returned to his own city.
Then he began to reproach the towns in which his numerous wonders had been done, because they did not repent. "Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago! read more. But I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will fare better on the Day of Judgment than you will! And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today. But I tell you that the land of Sodom will fare better on the Day of Judgment than you will!"
and they will kill him, but on the third day he will be raised to life again." And they were greatly distressed.
They proceeded to Capernaum, and on the very first Sabbath he went to the synagogue and taught. And they were amazed at his teaching, for he taught them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes. read more. Just then there was in their synagogue a man under the control of a foul spirit, and he cried out, "What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!" Jesus reproved him, and said, "Silence! Get out of him!" The foul spirit convulsed the man and gave a loud cry and went out of him. And they were all so amazed that they discussed it with one another, and said, "What does this mean? It is a new teaching! He gives orders with authority even to the foul spirits, and they obey him!" And his fame immediately spread in all directions through the whole neighborhood of Galilee. As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the house of Simon and Andrew. Simon's mother-in-law was in bed, sick with a fever, and they immediately told him about her. And he went up to her, and grasping her hand, he made her rise. And the fever left her, and she waited on them. In the evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed by demons, and the whole town was gathered at the door. And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and he would not let the demons speak, because they knew that he was Christ. Early in the morning, long before daylight, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely spot, and prayed there.
Some days later he came back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home,
and got into a boat and started across the sea for Capernaum. By this time it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them;
Jesus said all this while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.
Easton
Nahum's town, a Galilean city frequently mentioned in the history of our Lord. It is not mentioned in the Old Testament. After our Lord's expulsion from Nazareth (Mt 4:13-16; Lu 4:16-31), Capernaum became his "own city." It was the scene of many acts and incidents of his life (Mt 8:5,14-15; 9:2-6,10-17; 15:1-20; Mr 1:32-34, etc.). The impenitence and unbelief of its inhabitants after the many evidences our Lord gave among them of the truth of his mission, brought down upon them a heavy denunciation of judgement (Mt 11:23).
It stood on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. The "land of Gennesaret," near, if not in, which it was situated, was one of the most prosperous and crowded districts of Palestine. This city lay on the great highway from Damascus to Acco and Tyre. It has been identified with Tell Hum, about two miles south-west of where the Jordan flows into the lake. Here are extensive ruins of walls and foundations, and also the remains of what must have been a beautiful synagogue, which it is conjectured may have been the one built by the centurion (Lu 7:5), in which our Lord frequently taught (Joh 6:59; Mr 1:21; Lu 4:33). Others have conjectured that the ruins of the city are to be found at Khan Minyeh, some three miles further to the south on the shore of the lake. "If Tell Hum be Capernaum, the remains spoken of are without doubt the ruins of the synagogue built by the Roman centurion, and one of the most sacred places on earth. It was in this building that our Lord gave the well-known discourse in John 6; and it was not without a certain strange feeling that on turning over a large block we found the pot of manna engraved on its face, and remembered the words, 'I am that bread of life: your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.'", (The Recovery of Jerusalem.)
Illustration: Ruins of Capernaum
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And he left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali, in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah, read more. "Zebulon's land, and Naphtali's land, Along the road to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"
When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him,
Jesus went into Peter's house, and there he found Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed with fever. And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and waited on him.
Some people came bringing to him on a bed a man who was paralyzed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, "Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven." Some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is talking blasphemy!" read more. Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? But I would have you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home!"
While Jesus was at home at table, a number of tax-collectors and irreligious people came in and joined Jesus and his disciples at table. And the Pharisees observed it, and they said to his disciples, "Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?" read more. But he heard it, and said, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor! You must go and learn what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for.' I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious." Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why is it that we and the Pharisees are keeping the fast, while your disciples are not keeping it?" Jesus said to them, "Can wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and they will fast then. But no one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old coat, for the patch will tear away from the coat, and make the hole worse than ever. And people do not put new wine into old wine-skins, or if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out and the skins are spoiled. But people put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and so both are saved."
And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, and said to him, "Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our ancestors? For they eat their bread without first washing their hands." read more. But he answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of what has been handed down to you? For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'He who abuses his father or mother must be put to death.' But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is given to God," does not have to provide for his father.' So you have nullified what God has said, for the sake of what has been handed down to you. You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied finely about you when he said, " 'This people honor me with their lips, Yet their hearts are far away from me. But their worship of me is all in vain, For the lessons they teach are but human precepts.' " And he called the people to him and said to them, "Listen to this, and grasp it! It is not what goes into a man's mouth that pollutes him; it is what comes out of his mouth that pollutes a man." Then his disciples came up to him and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were shocked to hear you say that?" But he answered, "Any plant that my heavenly Father did not plant must be uprooted! Leave them alone. They are blind guides! But if one blind man leads another, they will both fall into the ditch!" Peter said to him, "Explain the figure for us." He said, "Have even you no understanding yet? Can you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and then is disposed of? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they pollute a man. For out of the heart come wicked designs, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witness, impious speech. It is these things that pollute a man, but not eating with unwashed hands!"
They proceeded to Capernaum, and on the very first Sabbath he went to the synagogue and taught.
In the evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed by demons, and the whole town was gathered at the door. read more. And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and he would not let the demons speak, because they knew that he was Christ.
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath he went to the synagogue, as he was accustomed to do, and stood up to read the Scriptures. And the roll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, and he unrolled it and found the place where it says, read more. "The spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor, He has sent me to announce to the prisoners their release and to the blind the recovery of their sight, To set the down-trodden at liberty, To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor!" And he rolled up the roll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed upon him. And he began by saying to them, "This passage of Scripture has been fulfilled here in your hearing today!" And they all spoke well of him and were astonished at the winning words that fell from his lips, and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son?" He said to them, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to me: 'Doctor, cure yourself! Do the things here in your own country that we hear you did at Capernaum.' I tell you," said he, "no prophet is welcome in his own country. But, I tell you, there were plenty of widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was closed for three years and a half, and there was a great famine all over the land, and Elijah was not sent to one of them, but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. And there were plenty of lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cured, but Naaman the Syrian." And when the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all very angry, and they got up and drove him out of the town and took him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, intending to throw him down from it. But he made his way through the midst of them and went on. And he came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee. And he taught them on the Sabbath,
There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of a foul demon and he cried out loudly,
for he loves our nation, and it was he who built us our synagogue."
Jesus said all this while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.
Fausets
("the village of Nachum".) N.W. of sea of Tiberius, in the land of Gennesaret (now El Ghuweir. compare Mt 14:34 with Joh 6:17,21-24), a most populous and prosperous region. By some identified now with the mound at Khan Minyeh; by others with Tell Hum. Visited by Jesus for a few days (Joh 2:12); afterward "His own city" and home, to which He retired from Nazareth (where He was reared, as in Bethlehem He was born), when He heard that Herod Antipas, who often resided at Sepphoris, or Diocaesarea, near Nazareth, had imprisoned John the Baptist. Capernaum was less conspicuous, and more suited to be the center of the unobtrusive but energetic ministry of Jesus in Galilee. Remains of ancient potteries, tanneries, etc., still are seen at Tabiga, the manufacturing suburb of Capernaum The prophet Isaiah (Isa 9:2) had foretold that this region, namely, Zabulon and Nephthalim, the one most bordering on Gentile darkness, was to be the first to see the great light (Mt 4:12-16).
Designated "His own city" (Mt 9:1; Mr 2:1, "at home," KJV "in the house".) The scene of most of His mighty words, and therefore the most guilty in its impenitence. Mt 11:20-24; "exalted unto heaven" in privileges, it was doomed for neglect of them to be "brought down to hell." Josephus mentions a fountain in Gennesaret, "Capharnaum," identified by some with Ain et Tin (the spring of the fig tree) near Khan Minyeh. The "round fountain" is three miles southward. Tell Hum is three or four miles more to the N. than Khan Minyeh, and so more convenient for the people to run round the N. end of the lake afoot to the E. side while Jesus crossed there by water (Mr 6:32-33). Hum is the last. syllable of Kefr na hum, and was used as an abbreviation.
Tell Hum is the site, according to Arab and Jewish tradition. It is on a point of the shore running into the lake, and backed by rising ground, three miles from where the Jordan enters the lake. Ruins of walls and foundations cover a space half a mile long by a quarter wide. Josephus says: "Gennesaret plain is watered by a most fertile fountain, which the people call Capharnaum. Some have thought this fountain a vein of the Nile, since it produces a fish like the coracinus in the lake near Alexandria." The round fountain at Tabiga, two miles S. of Tell Hum, meets the requirements of Josephus' description. Tristram (Land of Israel) fixes on the round fountain Ain Mudawarah as the fount meant by Josephus (and the site of Capernaum); for he found in it the siluroid catfish or coracine, identical with that of the ponds of Lower Egypt. But this site is too far S., and the catfish is found in the lake also, and was probably in Tabiga.
The recent discovery of the aqueduct which once led Tabiga's waters into the plain of Gennesaret, watering the plain as Josephus describes, decides the question. And the city's site needs not to be put close to the fountain bearing its name in the time of Josephus. The synagogue called "the White Synagogue," is 74 ft. 9 in. long, and 56 ft. 9 inches broad, built N. and S., with three entrances at the S end. Lu 7:5; the centurion (probably of the detachment quartered there, for it was large enough to be called a "city ") "hath built us a (Greek text has "the"), i.e. our, synagogue," the only one in the place. Jairus was its "ruler." Vine leaves, and the pot of manna, are still to be seen among the rich carvings of the ruins Of the lintel at Tell Hum. If Jesus' discourse at Capernaum (Joh 6:31-32) was delivered in the synagogue of what is now Tell Hum, how appropriate is the Jews' reference to the manna, and His reply, "My Father giveth you the true bread from heaven."
Capernaum was lower than Nazareth and Cana, from whence He "went down" to it (Joh 2:12; Lu 4:31); the "exalted" in Mt 11:23 is not in respect to physical but spiritual elevation. There was a receipt of customs there of the commerce both of the lake and of the caravans passing by land by "the way of the sea" southwards. Here Levi, or Matthew, was called (Mt 9:9; 17:24). Simon Peter and Andrew belonged to Capernaum (Mr 1:21-29), and perhaps received Jesus' call at the adjoining sea beach (Mr 1:16-17). He healed the centurion's servant there, and Simon's wife's mother (Mt 8:5,14), the paralytic (Mt 9:1), the unclean demon-possessed man (Lu 4:33). The nobleman's son at Capernaum was healed by Jesus at Cana (Joh 4:46). Jesus' teaching humility by a child occurred here (Mr 9:33-36). The utter uncertainty of the site shows the exact fulfillment of its doom foretold by the Lord.
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But when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he retreated to Galilee.
But when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he retreated to Galilee. And he left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali,
And he left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali, in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah,
in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah, "Zebulon's land, and Naphtali's land, Along the road to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the nations!
"Zebulon's land, and Naphtali's land, Along the road to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"
The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"
When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him,
When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him,
Jesus went into Peter's house, and there he found Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed with fever.
Jesus went into Peter's house, and there he found Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed with fever.
So he got into the boat and crossed the sea, and returned to his own city.
So he got into the boat and crossed the sea, and returned to his own city.
So he got into the boat and crossed the sea, and returned to his own city.
So he got into the boat and crossed the sea, and returned to his own city.
Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.
Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.
Then he began to reproach the towns in which his numerous wonders had been done, because they did not repent.
Then he began to reproach the towns in which his numerous wonders had been done, because they did not repent. "Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!
"Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago! But I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will fare better on the Day of Judgment than you will!
But I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will fare better on the Day of Judgment than you will! And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.
And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.
And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.
And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today. But I tell you that the land of Sodom will fare better on the Day of Judgment than you will!"
But I tell you that the land of Sodom will fare better on the Day of Judgment than you will!"
And they crossed over to the other side and came to Gennesaret.
And they crossed over to the other side and came to Gennesaret.
When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and said to Peter, "Does not your Master pay the temple-tax?"
When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and said to Peter, "Does not your Master pay the temple-tax?"
As he was passing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets in the sea, for they were fishermen.
As he was passing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets in the sea, for they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."
Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."
They proceeded to Capernaum, and on the very first Sabbath he went to the synagogue and taught.
They proceeded to Capernaum, and on the very first Sabbath he went to the synagogue and taught. And they were amazed at his teaching, for he taught them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes.
And they were amazed at his teaching, for he taught them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man under the control of a foul spirit, and he cried out,
Just then there was in their synagogue a man under the control of a foul spirit, and he cried out, "What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"
"What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!" Jesus reproved him, and said, "Silence! Get out of him!"
Jesus reproved him, and said, "Silence! Get out of him!" The foul spirit convulsed the man and gave a loud cry and went out of him.
The foul spirit convulsed the man and gave a loud cry and went out of him. And they were all so amazed that they discussed it with one another, and said, "What does this mean? It is a new teaching! He gives orders with authority even to the foul spirits, and they obey him!"
And they were all so amazed that they discussed it with one another, and said, "What does this mean? It is a new teaching! He gives orders with authority even to the foul spirits, and they obey him!" And his fame immediately spread in all directions through the whole neighborhood of Galilee.
And his fame immediately spread in all directions through the whole neighborhood of Galilee. As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the house of Simon and Andrew.
As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the house of Simon and Andrew.
Some days later he came back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home,
Some days later he came back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home,
So they set off by themselves in their boat for a secluded place.
So they set off by themselves in their boat for a secluded place. And many people saw them start and knew of it, and hurried around by land from all the neighboring towns, and got ahead of them.
And many people saw them start and knew of it, and hurried around by land from all the neighboring towns, and got ahead of them.
And they reached Capernaum. When he reached home, he asked them, "What was it that you were discussing on the way?"
And they reached Capernaum. When he reached home, he asked them, "What was it that you were discussing on the way?" But they made no answer, for on the way they had been discussing with one another which of them was the greatest.
But they made no answer, for on the way they had been discussing with one another which of them was the greatest. And he sat down and called the Twelve in, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all."
And he sat down and called the Twelve in, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all." And he took a child and made him stand among them, and he put his arms around him, and said to them,
And he took a child and made him stand among them, and he put his arms around him, and said to them,
And he came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee. And he taught them on the Sabbath,
And he came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee. And he taught them on the Sabbath,
There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of a foul demon and he cried out loudly,
There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of a foul demon and he cried out loudly,
for he loves our nation, and it was he who built us our synagogue."
for he loves our nation, and it was he who built us our synagogue."
After this Jesus went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
After this Jesus went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
After this Jesus went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
After this Jesus went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
So he came back to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water into wine. There was at Capernaum one of the king's officials whose son was sick.
So he came back to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water into wine. There was at Capernaum one of the king's officials whose son was sick.
and got into a boat and started across the sea for Capernaum. By this time it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them;
and got into a boat and started across the sea for Capernaum. By this time it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them;
Then as soon as they consented to take him into the boat, the boat was at the shore they had been trying to reach.
Then as soon as they consented to take him into the boat, the boat was at the shore they had been trying to reach. Next day the people who had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not embarked in it with his disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.
Next day the people who had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not embarked in it with his disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves. But some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where they had eaten the bread after Jesus had given thanks for it.
But some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where they had eaten the bread after Jesus had given thanks for it. So when the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were any longer there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of him.
So when the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were any longer there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of him.
Our forefathers in the desert had manna to eat; as the Scripture says, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat!'"
Our forefathers in the desert had manna to eat; as the Scripture says, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat!'" Jesus said to them, "I tell you, Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the bread out of heaven,
Jesus said to them, "I tell you, Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the bread out of heaven,
Hastings
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And he left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali,
When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him, saying, "My servant, sir, is lying sick with paralysis at my house, in great distress." read more. He said to him, "I will come and cure him." But the captain answered, "I am not a suitable person, sir, to have you come under my roof, but simply say the word, and my servant will be cured. For I am myself under the orders of others and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it." When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this. And I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven, while the heirs to the kingdom will be driven into the darkness outside, there to weep and grind their teeth!" Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go! You shall find it just as you believe!" And the servant was immediately cured.
And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.
When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and said to Peter, "Does not your Master pay the temple-tax?"
They proceeded to Capernaum, and on the very first Sabbath he went to the synagogue and taught.
Just then there was in their synagogue a man under the control of a foul spirit, and he cried out,
And he got up, and immediately picked up his mat and went out before them all, so that they were all astonished and acknowledged the power of God, saying, "We never saw anything like this before."
And they reached Capernaum. When he reached home, he asked them, "What was it that you were discussing on the way?"
And he came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee. And he taught them on the Sabbath,
There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of a foul demon and he cried out loudly, "Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You are God's Holy One!" read more. Jesus reproved him and said, "Silence! Get out of him!" And the demon threw the man down in the midst of them, and came out of him, without doing him any harm. And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is the meaning of this teaching? For he gives orders authoritatively and effectually to the foul spirits, and they come out." And news of him spread to every place in that region. When he got up and left the synagogue, he went to Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was suffering with a severe attack of fever, and they asked him about her. And he stood over her and reproved the fever and it left her, and she got up and waited on them. As the sun went down all who had friends sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and cured them. And demons came out of many people, crying out, "You are the Son of God!" But he reproved them and forbade them to speak, because they knew he was the Christ.
A Roman captain had a slave whom he thought a great deal of, and the slave was sick and at the point of death. When the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, to ask him to come and save his slave's life. read more. And they went to Jesus and urged him strongly to do it, and said, "He deserves to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation, and it was he who built us our synagogue." So Jesus went with them. But when he was not far from the house, the captain sent some friends to him, to say to him, "Master, do not take any more trouble, for I am not a suitable person to have you under my roof. That is why I did not think I was fit to come to you. But simply say the word, and have my servant cured. For I am myself under the orders of others, and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it." When Jesus heard this, he was astonished at him, and turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such faith as this even in Israel!" And when the messengers went back to the house, they found the slave well.
And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead!
After this Jesus went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
So he came back to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water into wine. There was at Capernaum one of the king's officials whose son was sick.
Jesus said all this while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.
Morish
Caper'naum
Remarkable as being called the Lord's 'own city. Mt 9:1; Mr 2:1. It was one which He often visited, and in which many of His 'mighty works' were done. He speaks of it as 'exalted to heaven;' perhaps in the privilege of the presence and testimony of the Lord; but, because of refusing Him and His works, it should be 'brought down to hell' (Hades). Mt 11:23. It has been so destroyed that even its ruins cannot with certainty be discovered. It was in the district of Gennesaret (Mt 14:34; Joh 6:17,24), therefore on the N.W. of the Sea of Galilee. Its identification varies between Khan Minia, 32 52' N, and Tell Hum, about 3 miles farther N.E. There are ruins or rather mounds in both places, and the relies of a synagogue at the latter, but a fountain of water, of which Josephus speaks, is only found at Khan Minia.
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So he got into the boat and crossed the sea, and returned to his own city.
And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.
And they crossed over to the other side and came to Gennesaret.
Some days later he came back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home,
and got into a boat and started across the sea for Capernaum. By this time it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them;
So when the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were any longer there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of him.
Smith
Caper'naum
(village of Nahum) was on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.
comp. John 6:24 It was in the "land of Gennesaret," [
comp. John 6:17,21,24 ] It was of sufficient size to be always called a "city,"
had its own synagogue, in which our Lord frequently taught,
Mr 1:21; Lu 4:33,38; Joh 6:59
and there was also a customs station, where the dues were gathered both by stationary and by itinerant officers.
Mt 9:9; 17:24; Mr 2:14; Lu 5:27
The only interest attaching to Capernaum is as the residence of our Lord and his apostles, the scene of so many miracles and "gracious words." It was when he returned thither that he is said to have been "in the house."
The spots which lay claim to its site are,
1. Kahn Minyeh, a mound of ruins which takes its name from an old khan hard by. This mound is situated close upon the seashore at the northwestern extremity of the plain (now El Ghuweir).
2. Three miles north of Khan Minyeh is the other claimant, Tell Hum, --ruins of walls and foundations covering a space of half a mile long by a quarter wide, on a point of the shore projecting into the lake and backed by a very gently-rising ground. It is impossible to locate it with certainty, but the probability is in favor of Tell Hum.
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And he left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali,
So he got into the boat and crossed the sea, and returned to his own city.
Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.
And they crossed over to the other side and came to Gennesaret.
When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and said to Peter, "Does not your Master pay the temple-tax?"
They proceeded to Capernaum, and on the very first Sabbath he went to the synagogue and taught.
and the whole town was gathered at the door.
Some days later he came back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home,
And as he was passing along he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.
There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of a foul demon and he cried out loudly,
When he got up and left the synagogue, he went to Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was suffering with a severe attack of fever, and they asked him about her.
After this he went out, and he saw a tax-collector named Levi sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!"
Jesus said all this while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.
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CAPERNAUM, a city celebrated in the Gospels, being the place where Jesus usually resided during the time of his ministry. It stood on the sea coast, that is, on the coast of the sea of Galilee, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim, Mt 4:15, and consequently toward the upper part of it. As it was a convenient port from Galilee to any place on the other side of the sea, this might be our Lord's inducement to make it the place of his most constant residence. Upon this account Capernaum was highly honoured; and though "exalted unto heaven," as its inhabitants boasted, because it made no proper use of this signal favour it drew from him the severe denunciation, that it should "be brought down to hell," Mt 11:23. This sentence of destruction has been fully realized; the ancient city is reduced to a state of utter desolation. Burckhardt supposes the ruins called Tal Houm, near the rivulet called El Eshe, to be those of Capernaum. Mr. Buckingham, who gives this place the name of Talhhewn, describes considerable and extensive ruins; the only remains of those edifices which exalted Capernaum above its fellows.
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"Zebulon's land, and Naphtali's land, Along the road to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the nations!
And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.