Capernaum was a fishing town located in the north of the Sea of Galilee. Bethsaida was fishing harbor of Capernaum. [1] Capernaum was a strong Roman military post on route from Damascus, and the garrison’s commanding officer was a gentile believer in Yahweh. [2]
Zebedee was a moderately well-to-do man; his boatbuilding shops were on the lake to the south of Capernaum, and his home was situated down the lake shore near the fishing headquarters of Bethsaida. [3]
Nazareth disfavor that Jesus suffered caused Jesus to move to Capernaum. [4]
When it came to the payment of taxes, Jesus registered himself as a “skilled craftsman of Capernaum.” From this day on to the end of his earth life he was known as a resident of Capernaum. No longer did he regard Nazareth as his home. Capernaum had become the home of Jesus. [5] Thanks to the help of Zebedee the father, Jesus became the owner of a house in Capernaum, but he had not been told about it. [6]
Jesus conducted the services in the new synagogue of Capernaum more than half the time this year, and some of the caravan people who chanced to attend remembered him as the carpenter from Nazareth. [7]
The Sabbath that Jesus healed almost a thousand sick folks was a great day in the earth life of Jesus, yes, in the life of a universe. To all local universe intents and purposes the little Jewish city of Capernaum was the real capital of Nebadon. [8] The main crisis in Jesus’ earth life began with the feeding of the five thousand and ended with the sermon in the synagogue at Capernaum. [9] A revulsion of feeling toward Jesus was general in Capernaum. [10] The last words of Jesus in the synagogue triggered the change of feelings towards him. [11]
Here Jesus addressed some of his harshest words of reproach: “But woe upon the light-rejecting inhabitants of Chorazin, Bethsaida-Julias, and Capernaum, the cities which did not well receive these messengers”. [12]
The 14th morontial appearance of Jesus took place at Capernaum. At noon on Saturday, April 22, 30 AD, the eleven apostles assembled by appointment on the hill near Capernaum, and Jesus appeared among them. [13]
See also: UB 145; UB 152; UB 153; UB 154; UB 134:7.5; UB 137:3.5; UB 138:1.1; UB 138:9.3; UB 147:7.