The Gospels report that Jesus taught in Capernaum’s synagogue. One of his 12 apostles, Matthew, is described as a tax collector at Capernaum, and several more apostles as living there.

The synagogue service on the Sabbath would consist of communal group study of various collections from these books. Jesus in his teaching referred ... smallish cities like Capernaum on the Sea ...

The columns of a partially restored, second- to fifth-century synagogue in Capernaum lie atop an older structure very likely visited by Jesus, according to some scholars. Nearby, archaeologists ...

IN THIS Gospel, Simon responds to Jesus as he does, not because of a realisation at that moment (15.8), but because of things ...

January 11 Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having ...