Capernaum, on the northwestern shore, became Jesus’ “hometown” throughout his career. Three of his disciples hailed from Bethsaida, a few miles distant from Capernaum. These two cities, together with Chorazin 3 km (2 mi) inland from Capernaum, were condemned by Jesus not responding to hi...
Matthew the Apostle (or “Levi the son of Alphaeus” in Mark’s Gospel) was sitting by the customs house in Capernaum (near what is now Almagor, Israel, on the Sea of Galilee) when Jesus called him into his company. Matthew had been employed as a tax collector—an occupation that ...
"Surely you will quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself! Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.'" (Luke 4:23-24) Later, when Levi/Matthew the tax collector was called, Jesus was invited to a banquet in the new convert's home, joined ...
If Bethsaida is the outer bound of Jesus’s Galilean world, Magdala, ten miles southwest, is in many ways its geographical center. A two-hour walk north of Magdala is Capernaum, where the Gospels say Jesus headquartered his ministry. It would have been nearly impossible for Jesus to travel ...
27 Capernaum 28 Jerusalem 29 Bethany 30 Jerusalem 31 Beyond the Jordan 32 Bethany 33 Ephraim 34 Judea 35 Jericho 36 Bethany Map of the Last Passover and Death of Jesus 1 The Golden Gate 2 The Temple 3 The Court of the Gentiles
Matthew 9 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” At this, some of the teacher
Luke 7 When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews t
While the Lord Jesus would teach the multitudes on a mount,or from a boat at the shore, He mostly interacted with individuals in intimate environments. Mark 2:1And again He entered Capernaum aftersomedays, and it was heard that He was in the house. Immediately many gathered together, so ...
Taxes! We had just arrived home in Capernaum when the tax collectors showed up. How they knew we were back in town I have no idea. But they did. I guess it shouldn’t surprise me. These guys have a tendency to show up when you’re broke. Taxes. They knew that Jesus was a teach...
13 And having left Nazareth behind, having come, he dwelt in Capernaum, near the sea, in the boundaries of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14 That it might be completed having been spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying, 15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, the way of the...