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 at Capernaum (K’far Nahum in Hebrew), recorded in the New Testament as one of the first places where Jesus of Nazareth spoke to the people, will be reconstructed. An agreement ...

Jesus is said to have spent time in the synagogue, as well as healing a posessed ... are featured throughout the Bible. The village of Capernaum – which is on the Sea of Galilee's northern ...

In the Gospel today, we continue with Jesus’ great treatise on the Eucharist (John 6). Although many who hear him speaking in the synagogue at Capernaum are grumbling and murmuring in protest at ...

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 ...

The Gospels were compiled after the Romans destroyed the temple at Jerusalem in 70 and should be interpreted in that fiery light. The historical Jesus still fascinates, but sieving original ...