Capernaum

Remains of the synagogue where Jesus taught. Interior of the Catholic Church built over the house of Saint Peter (enclosed in glass in the center, see photo below) modeled after the original Byzantine Church which stood there. Capernaum ( ; Kfar Nahum “Nahum’s village”) was a settlement on the shore of the Sea of Galilee . The site is a ruin today, but was inhabited from 150 BC to about AD 750. 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 Peter himself. Recent excavations have revealed that there are actually two synagogues. The more recent is made of limestone and stands atop the older made of local black basalt. The Romans never came to Capernaum. Of the earlier structure only foundation walls, column and a cobblestone floor are the only things that remain. Capernaum started out as a fishing village, and was inhabited from the 1st century AD to 13th century AD. It had a population of 1,500. 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 four disciples which are followers. Their names were James, John, Peter and Andrew. (Their Hebrew names were יַעֲקֹב, יוֹחָנָן, כֵּיפָא and אַנְדְּרֵי.) 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 . 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.

Capernaum ( / k ə ˈ p ɜːr n i ə m / kə- PUR -nee-əm ; , Kfar Nahum , "Nahum's village") was a fishing village in the time of the Hasmoneans , located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee . It had a population of about 1,500. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A church near Capernaum is said to be the home of Saint Peter . A photo from Capernaum at the ancient synagogue area Freedman, DN 2000, Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible , Amsterdam University Press Reed, JL, Archaeology and the Galileen Jesus: A Reexamination of the Evidence (Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2000)

Capernaum ( / k ə ˈ p ɜːr n i ə m , - n eɪ ə m / kə- PUR -nee-əm, -⁠nay-əm ; ; ) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans , located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee . It had a population of about 1,500. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A house turned into a church by the Byzantines is believed to have been the home of Saint Peter . Capernaum's 4th-century synagogue (detail with columns and benches) The village was inhabited continuously from the 2nd century BC to the 11th century AD, when it was abandoned sometime before the Crusader conquest . This includes the re-establishment of the village during the Early Islamic period soon after the 749 earthquake . A Reexamination of the Evidence (Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2000) Gideon Avni (2014).

Village at Lake Tiberias in the north of historical Judea, associated with Jesus This article is about the village. Capernaum ( / k ə ˈ p ɜːr n eɪ ə m , - n i ə m / kə- PUR -nay-əm, -⁠nee-əm ; ; ) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans , located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee . It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A house turned into a church by the Byzantines is believed to have been the home of Saint Peter . Capernaum's 4th-century synagogue (detail with columns and benches) The village was inhabited continuously from the second century BC to the 11th century AD, when it was abandoned sometime before the First Crusade . This includes the re-establishment of the village during the Early Islamic period soon after the 749 earthquake . The village subsequently became known as al-Samakiyya ; it was depopulated of its Arab Palestinian population during the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, under Operation Matateh . Consulate General of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic .

Village at Lake Tiberias in historical Judea This article is about the village. Capernaum ( / k ə ˈ p ɜːr n eɪ ə m , - n i ə m / kə- PUR -nay-əm, -⁠nee-əm ; Hebrew : כְּפַר נַחוּם , romanized : Kfar Naḥum , lit. ' Nahum's village ' ; Arabic : كَفْرْ نَاحُومْ , romanized : Kafr Nāḥūm ) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans , located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee . It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A house turned into a church by the Byzantines is held by Christian tradition to have been the home of Saint Peter . Capernaum's 4th-century synagogue (detail with columns and benches) The village was inhabited continuously from the 2nd century BC to the 11th century AD, when it was abandoned sometime before the First Crusade . This includes the re-establishment of the village northeast of the earlier location in c. 700, during the Early Islamic period . Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs .