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Bookmark or Share- Capernaum: From Jesus’ Time and After - The BAS LibraryCapernaum: 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 ...
- Why Was Capernaum Such an Important City in the Bible?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.
- Capernaum – The town of Jesus - Traveling in IsraelCapernaum is where Jesus lived as he carried out his mission. Most of the chapters in the New Testament describe what happened when he was living in Capernaum – from his baptism to the last week of his life. Jesus chose his twelve disciples in this area on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee.
- The House of Peter: The Home of Jesus in Capernaum?Beneath the foundations of this octagonal Byzantine martyrium church at Capernaum, archaeologists made one of the most exciting Biblical archaeology discoveries: a simple first-century A.D. home that may have been the house of Peter, the home of Jesus in Capernaum.
- Bible Map: CapernaumIn Capernaum the little child was used to teach the disciples humility, while in the synagogue Jesus delivered His ever-memorable discourse on the bread of life . From the notices in the Gospels we gather that Capernaum was a city of considerable importance.
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