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  1. Sep 15, 2023 · Capernaum existed as a trading village of about 1500 people on the northwestern Galilean seashore to the south of Chorazin, and north of Gennesaret. Its name originates from two Hebrew words, kfar (village) and Nachum (an unknown man’s name). In the Greek language, it means village of comfort. Founded in the second century BC, during the ...

  2. Jan 12, 2023 · It is significant in Scripture because Capernaum was the chosen home city of Jesus after He was driven from Nazareth by the religious officials (Luke 4:16, 28–30). Capernaum was also the home of Peter and Andrew and where Jesus called them to follow Him (Matthew 4:18–20). Jesus also found Matthew, a tax collector in Capernaum, and called ...

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    The city of Capernaum was located near the Sea of Galilee. Smith’s Bible Dictionary explains that the Sea of Galilee “is 60 miles northeast of Jerusalem and 27 east of the Mediterranean.” Capernaum sat on the western shore of the sea with Chorazin to its north and Gennesaret to its south. Jesus and his disciples resided in the city. The dictionary ...

    Since Capernaum was a central part of Jesus’s ministry, the Bible mentions it many times. Jesus’ miracles are recorded throughout the four gospels. In Matthew 8:5, after Jesus returned to Capernaum from teaching outside the city, a centurion approached Jesus on behalf of his paralyzed servant. The centurion believed Jesus could heal the man in an i...

    Matthew 4:12-13 says, “When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali….” While Jesus resided in Capernaum, it is unclear if he had his own home. Some believe his father, Joseph, had a house there, and others think ...

    In Matthew 11:23, Jesus warned Capernaum. He said, “And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.” As mentioned above, Jesus performed many miracles in Capernaum, but there were still people who did...

  3. Oct 10, 2024 · Italian excavators working in Capernaum may have actually uncovered the remnants of the humble house of Peter that Jesus called home while in Capernaum. (This house of Peter was one of the first Biblical archaeology discoveries reported in BAR more than 25 years ago.) Buried beneath the remains of an octagonal Byzantine martyrium church ...

  4. www.bibleodyssey.org › articles › capernaumCapernaum - Bible Odyssey

    Search the Bible. Capernaum was a small Jewish fishing and agricultural community on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was apparently a principal base of Jesus’ operations, with Matt 9:1 going so far as to call it Jesus’ “own city.”. According to Mark 1:29, it was the hometown of Jesus’ disciples Simon, Andrew, James, and ...

  5. Capernaum: From Jesus’ Time and After. By John C. H. Laughlin. The Gospels record an incident in the life of Jesus that took place at Capernaum involving a Roman centurion and his sick slave (Luke 7:1–10; for slightly different versions, see Matthew 8:5–13 and John 4:46–53). In the Lukan account, the Roman centurion sends elders of the ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › CapernaumCapernaum - Wikipedia

    Capernaum (/ k ə ˈ p ɜːr n eɪ ə m,-n i ə m / kə-PUR-nay-əm, -⁠nee-əm; [1] Hebrew: כְּפַר נַחוּם, romanized: Kfar Naḥum, lit. 'Nahum's village'; Arabic : كفر ناحوم , romanized : Kafr Nāḥūm ) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans , located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee . [ 2 ]

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