What is the significance of Capernaum?
It is where most of JESUS' miracles occurred.
Amir Tsarfati, a Messianic Jew, says it most wonderfully, in that this ancient fishing village was where:
"The first time the WORD of GOD
was teaching the WORD of GOD."
The "Living WORD" was teaching HIS Word.
To accompany this video, I also included the relevant verses Tsarfati shared about Capernaum.
Matthew 4:12-17
King James Version
12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison,
he departed into Galilee;
13 And leaving Nazareth,
he came and dwelt in Capernaum,
which is upon the sea coast,
in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
14 That it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
15 The land of Zabulon,
and the land of Nephthalim,
by the way of the sea,
beyond Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles;
16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light;
and to them which sat in the region
and shadow of death light is sprung up.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach,
and to say,
Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Isaiah 9:1-2
King James Version
9 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be
such as was in her vexation,
when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun
and the land of Naphtali,
and afterward did more grievously afflict her
by the way of the sea,
beyond Jordan,
in Galilee of the nations.
2 The people that walked in darkness
have seen a great light:
they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death,
upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah 29:13
King James Version
13 Wherefore the Lord said,
Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth,
and with their lips do honour me,
but have removed their heart far from me,
and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Matthew 11:20-24
King James Version
20 Then began he to upbraid the cities
wherein most of his mighty works were done,
because they repented not:
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin!
woe unto thee, Bethsaida!
for if the mighty works,
which were done in you,
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I say unto you,
It shall be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment,
than for you.
23 And thou, Capernaum,
which art exalted unto heaven,
shalt be brought down to hell:
for if the mighty works,
which have been done in thee,
had been done in Sodom,
it would have remained until this day.
24 But I say unto you,
That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom
in the day of judgment,
than for thee.
2 Corinthians 5:21
King James Version
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us,
who knew no sin;
that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Psalm 14:2-3
King James Version
2 The Lord looked down from heaven
upon the children of men,
to see if there were any that did understand,
and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside,
they are all together become filthy:
there is none that doeth good,
no, not one.
Romans 3:21-26
King James Version
21 But now the righteousness of God
without the law is manifested,
being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22 Even the righteousness of God
which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all
and upon all them that believe:
for there is no difference:
23 For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth
to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,
to declare his righteousness
for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare,
I say, at this time his righteousness:
that he might be just,
and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Now we know why Capernaum was especially attacked by the fallen one.
It was where most of JESUS' miracles occurred.
And what is the fallen one, but one who forever mocks the LORD GOD?
And one who is forever envious of JESUS.
It is really up to us to find our FAITH in the LORD, and KEEP that FAITH.
Updated 13 April 2023
