Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine
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Kapernaoum names Capernaum, a Galilean town by the sea that becomes a repeated setting for Jesus' teaching, miracles, household interactions, and warnings. The name itself does not carry a theological argument; the passages do.
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Kapernaoum names Capernaum, a Galilean town by the sea that becomes a repeated setting for Jesus' teaching, miracles, household interactions, and warnings. The name itself does not carry a theological argument; the passages do.
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Capernaum (16).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 4:13. Its strongest book concentrations include John (5), Luke (4), Matthew (4), Mark (3).
Kapernaoum names Capernaum, a Galilean town by the sea that becomes a repeated setting for Jesus' teaching, miracles, household interactions, and warnings. The name itself does not carry a theological argument; the passages do. Matthew places Jesus living in Capernaum in connection with Galilean ministry. Mark and Luke show Him teaching there in the synagogue with authority.
John notes Jesus going down to Capernaum with His family and disciples, and later identifies Capernaum as the synagogue setting for His Bread of Life discourse. Yet Jesus also warns Capernaum for seeing mighty works without repentance. The town therefore helps readers hold privilege and accountability together: nearness to Jesus' works and words is a mercy, but it is not saving if it hardens into unbelief.
Kapernaoum names Capernaum, a Galilean ministry setting where Jesus teaches, dwells, performs signs, gathers followers, and warns a privileged town against unbelief.
Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Matthew places Jesus in Capernaum by the sea after leaving Nazareth.
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
Jesus warns Capernaum that witnessed miracles increase accountability when repentance is absent.
Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.
Mark introduces Jesus teaching in Capernaum's synagogue on the Sabbath.
Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.
Luke also places Jesus' authoritative teaching in Capernaum, a town in Galilee.
After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
John shows Jesus going down to Capernaum with His family and disciples after Cana.
Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
John locates the Bread of Life teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
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Greek word. Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine
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Kapernaoum helps teachers speak about spiritual privilege without presumption. Capernaum receives repeated access to Jesus: His presence by the sea, synagogue teaching, miracles, and the searching Bread of Life discourse. Yet Matthew and Luke preserve a severe warning over the town because mighty works do not automatically produce repentance. That makes Capernaum pastorally useful.
It shows that nearness to sermons, signs, community memory, or religious activity is not the same as humbled faith. At the same time, the place should not be treated only as a negative example. It is also a setting of mercy where Jesus teaches and serves. Capernaum asks whether exposure to light is leading to repentance, faith, and obedience, or to a more accountable hardness.
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Kapernaoum is a proper noun. Its forms in the selected passages reflect case and sentence role, but the reader-facing point is the town setting rather than a lexical nuance.
Capernaum belongs to the Galilean setting where Isaiah-shaped light comes to a people in darkness, but the New Testament also warns that received light brings accountability. The place helps connect promise, presence, teaching, signs, and judgment according to response.
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