Capernaum

Modern location: Kfar Nahum, Israel

First named: Matthew 4:13

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A fishing town on the Sea of Galilee's north shore that Jesus made the base of much of His Galilean ministry after leaving Nazareth (Matthew 4:13). It was Peter's hometown, the site of Jesus's synagogue teaching and many healings — including Peter's mother-in-law and a paralyzed man lowered through the roof — and where Matthew was called from his tax booth (Mark 1:21-29; 2:1-14; Matthew 9:9).

References: Matthew 4:13; Mark 1:21-29; Matthew 9:9; Mark 5:21-24

People connected to Capernaum

Andrew (M) — Peter's brother, a fisherman whose home was in this town
Mark 1:29
Jairus (M) — a synagogue official of this town whose dying daughter Jesus raised
Mark 5:22-42
Matthew (M) — sat at the tax booth here until Jesus called him to follow
Mark 2:14; Matthew 9:9
Peter (M) — the fisherman whose house here Jesus made a base for His Galilean ministry
Mark 1:21; Mark 1:29

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