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    Capernaum

    Καπερναούμ

    Capernaum was a fishing village on the Sea of Galilee that served as a center for Jesus' ministry in the region.

    Where the story of Capernaum happensCapernaum, and 2 places the claims reach, framed to them: Capernaum, Galilee, Chinnereth. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.CapernaumGalileeChinnereth
    Capernaum, and 2 places the claims reach
    verses
    16
    first named
    Matthew 4:13
    last named
    John 6:59
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    32.88°N · 35.58°E
    settlement32.88°N · 35.58°E

    Tell Hum (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 2 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Capernaum in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Capernaum was a fishing village located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It served as a base for Jesus' ministry in the region and is mentioned frequently in the Gospels. After being rejected in Nazareth, Jesus made Capernaum his home (Matthew 4:13) and performed many miracles there, including healing a centurion's servant (Matthew 8:5-13) and Peter's mother-in-law (Mrk.1.29-31).

    Jesus taught in the synagogue at Capernaum (Mrk.1.21; Jhn.6.59) and called several of his disciples, such as Peter, Andrew, James, and John, from the village (Mrk.1.16-20). Despite the numerous miracles and teachings, the people of Capernaum did not repent, leading Jesus to rebuke the city for its unbelief (Matthew 11:23; Luke 10:15).

    The ruins of ancient Capernaum have been excavated, revealing the remains of a synagogue dating to the 4th or 5th century AD, built on the foundation of an earlier synagogue from the time of Jesus. The site also includes the remains of a house that may have belonged to Peter.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 16, across 4 books.

    1. Matthew4 verses

      4:138:511:2317:24

    2. Mark3 verses

      1:212:19:33

    3. Luke4 verses

      4:234:317:110:15

    4. John5 verses

      2:124:466:176:246:59

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Disciples’ crossing and Jesus’ teaching of DisciplesDisciplesDisciples is a group attested across 14 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Jesus’ teaching and Jesus’ teaching of DisciplesJesusThe Son of God and Savior of the world.via Jesus’ teaching and Jesus’ teaching of DisciplesTeachingTeaching is a concept gathering 100 labelled instances in the text.via Town and GalileeNazarethThe hometown of Jesus in Galileevia Miracles PerformedBethsaidaTown where Jesus performed miracles, home of several disciplesvia Miracles PerformedChorazinTown in Galilee; rebuked by Jesus for unbeliefvia Disciples’ crossingChinnerethFreshwater lake in northern Israel; location of Jesus' ministryvia Disciples’ crossingCrossingCrossing is a concept gathering 57 labelled instances in the text.via Jesus’ teachingSabbathThe seventh day of the week, set apart for rest and worship

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    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    1 more chapter, from John 6 to John 6

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