Josephus refers to Capernaum as a fertile spring. He stayed the night there after spraining his ankle. It is located in northwestern shore of the Kinneret. A church near Capernaum is said to be the home of St. Peter himself. Recent excavations have revealed that there are actually two synagogues. One is made of limestone and the other is made of black basalt. The Romans never came to Capernaum. The limestone synagogue is built on top of the older basalt synagogue. Of the earlier structure only foundation walls, column fragments and a cobblestone floor are the only things that remain. Capernaum started out as a fishing village, and was inhabited from the 1st century CE to 13th century AD. It had a population of 1500. There was a small amount of room here but enough room for a synagogue. Whe
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| - Josephus refers to Capernaum as a fertile spring. He stayed the night there after spraining his ankle. It is located in northwestern shore of the Kinneret. A church near Capernaum is said to be the home of St. Peter himself. Recent excavations have revealed that there are actually two synagogues. One is made of limestone and the other is made of black basalt. The Romans never came to Capernaum. The limestone synagogue is built on top of the older basalt synagogue. Of the earlier structure only foundation walls, column fragments and a cobblestone floor are the only things that remain. Capernaum started out as a fishing village, and was inhabited from the 1st century CE to 13th century AD. It had a population of 1500. There was a small amount of room here but enough room for a synagogue. Whe
- Capernaum is a town on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, with a port for its fishing industry. Jesus went there from Nazareth and found his first disciples, Peter, Andrew, James and John. Jesus left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum, in Peter's house, after he heard that John the Baptist had been arrested. It was there Jesus healed the Centurion's servant, Peter's mother-in-law, the paralyzed man who was lowered through the roof, a man who was possessed, and many others who gathered to see Jesus.
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| Significance
| - *Northern base of operation for Jesus' early ministry.
*Home of Peter, Andrew, James, John and Matthew
*Cursed by God due to its rejection of Jesus
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| - *Jesus Christ
*Simon Peter
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| - Perhaps Nahum, the prophet.
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| - Northern shore of the Sea of Galilee where the tribal lines of Zebulun and Naphtali meet
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| - *The Call of he first five full-time disciples of Jesus
*The healing of Peter's mother-in-law
*The healing of the son of a government official
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| - Capernaum is a town on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, with a port for its fishing industry. Jesus went there from Nazareth and found his first disciples, Peter, Andrew, James and John. Jesus left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum, in Peter's house, after he heard that John the Baptist had been arrested. It was there Jesus healed the Centurion's servant, Peter's mother-in-law, the paralyzed man who was lowered through the roof, a man who was possessed, and many others who gathered to see Jesus. It was in Capernaum that Jesus directed Peter to catch a fish with a coin in its mouth to pay the Temple tax. On leaving Capernaum, Jesus condemned it along with other cities that had not heeded his call to repentance.
- Josephus refers to Capernaum as a fertile spring. He stayed the night there after spraining his ankle. It is located in northwestern shore of the Kinneret. A church near Capernaum is said to be the home of St. Peter himself. Recent excavations have revealed that there are actually two synagogues. One is made of limestone and the other is made of black basalt. The Romans never came to Capernaum. The limestone synagogue is built on top of the older basalt synagogue. Of the earlier structure only foundation walls, column fragments and a cobblestone floor are the only things that remain. Capernaum started out as a fishing village, and was inhabited from the 1st century CE to 13th century AD. It had a population of 1500. There was a small amount of room here but enough room for a synagogue. When Jesus abandoned Nazareth he went to Capernaum and made it into his home. In Capernaum he chose his first 4 disciples which are followers. Their names were James, John, Peter, and Andrew. Later Peter became St. Peter. During the first Jewish revolt Capernaum was not damaged, and this revolt happened during 66-70. The town is mentioned in the New Testament: in the Gospel of Luke it was reported to have been the home of the apostles Peter, Andrew, James and John, as well as the tax collector Matthew. In Matthew 4:13 the town was reported to have been the home of Jesus. According to Luke 4:31-44, Jesus taught in the synagogue in Capernaum on the sabbath days. In Capernaum also, Jesus healed a man who had the spirit of an unclean devil and healed a fever in Simon Peter's mother-in-law. According to Matthew 8:5-13, it is also the place where a Roman Centurion asked Jesus to heal his servant. A building which may have been a synagogue of that period has been found beneath the remains of a later synagogue.
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