CAPERNAUM: THE LIFE & MINISTRY OF JESUS
(Message by Tanny Keng)
i) 'What kind of words are these? With authority and power this man gives orders to the evil spirits, and they come out!' (Luke 4:36)
d) The Sabbath on which this miracle took place was unique. Not only was it just before the Feast of Pentecost, it inaugurated Jesus' Galilean ministry as the report of its occurrence spread throughout the entire region (verse 37).
e) On another occasion word spread that Jesus was teaching in a certain Capernaum home. The building was soon packed with people. Four men carrying a paraplegic wanted to have Jesus heal their friend but could not get to him due to the crowd of people. They decided to go on top of the house and dig their way through the roof. Once they had opened a sufficiently large enough hole they slowly lowered their friend's pallet in front of where Jesus was sitting. Seeing their great faith, Jesus immediately healed their friend and said his sins were forgiven. Some self-righteous religious leaders, who heard Jesus say the paraplegic's sins were forgiven, thought he was blaspheming God. Christ quickly chastised the men for their evil thoughts and boldly asserted he had the authority to forgive sin (Mark 2:3 - 12, Luke 5:17 - 25).
f) It was also in Capernaum that, because of the great faith of a Roman Centurion, Jesus did not need to visit the man's servant who had palsy but simply commanded he be healed (Matthew 8: 5 - 13).
g) Other miracles which occurred in the city included the healing of the nobleman's son (John 4:46 - 54), Peter's mother-in-law made well (Matthew 8:14 - 15), and the synagogue ruler's daughter brought back to life (Matthew 9:23 - 25).
h) At least five of the twelve apostles Jesus called to follow him lived in Capernaum - James and John (brothers), Andrew and Peter (brothers) and Matthew.
The End ...
Capernaum's synagogue is
considered one of the oldest in the world
considered one of the oldest in the world
1. Capernaum
a) Capernaum, the name of which means "city of comfort," was located near the northwest corner of the Sea of Galilee (also known as Sea of Tiberias or Lake of Gennesaret), near the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali (land given by God to these Israelite tribes as inheritance after Egyptian slavery). The city was on the great highway from Damascus to Acco and Tyre. It was the metropolis of Galilee and one of the most prosperous and crowded districts in all Palestine. The city itself, however, is not mentioned at all in the Old Testament and can only be found in the four gospel accounts in the New Testament.
b) At the beginning of his ministry Jesus left his boyhood home in Nazareth and took up residence in Capernaum. This move was a fulfillment of prophecy (Matthew 4:13 - 16).
c) Capernaum was the backdrop of many of Christ's mighty miracles. For example, it was in a Capernaum Synagogue, on the Sabbath, that Jesus commanded a demon to leave the person it possessed. The miracle was so amazing that those who saw it said the following.
a) Capernaum, the name of which means "city of comfort," was located near the northwest corner of the Sea of Galilee (also known as Sea of Tiberias or Lake of Gennesaret), near the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali (land given by God to these Israelite tribes as inheritance after Egyptian slavery). The city was on the great highway from Damascus to Acco and Tyre. It was the metropolis of Galilee and one of the most prosperous and crowded districts in all Palestine. The city itself, however, is not mentioned at all in the Old Testament and can only be found in the four gospel accounts in the New Testament.
b) At the beginning of his ministry Jesus left his boyhood home in Nazareth and took up residence in Capernaum. This move was a fulfillment of prophecy (Matthew 4:13 - 16).
c) Capernaum was the backdrop of many of Christ's mighty miracles. For example, it was in a Capernaum Synagogue, on the Sabbath, that Jesus commanded a demon to leave the person it possessed. The miracle was so amazing that those who saw it said the following.
i) 'What kind of words are these? With authority and power this man gives orders to the evil spirits, and they come out!' (Luke 4:36)
d) The Sabbath on which this miracle took place was unique. Not only was it just before the Feast of Pentecost, it inaugurated Jesus' Galilean ministry as the report of its occurrence spread throughout the entire region (verse 37).
e) On another occasion word spread that Jesus was teaching in a certain Capernaum home. The building was soon packed with people. Four men carrying a paraplegic wanted to have Jesus heal their friend but could not get to him due to the crowd of people. They decided to go on top of the house and dig their way through the roof. Once they had opened a sufficiently large enough hole they slowly lowered their friend's pallet in front of where Jesus was sitting. Seeing their great faith, Jesus immediately healed their friend and said his sins were forgiven. Some self-righteous religious leaders, who heard Jesus say the paraplegic's sins were forgiven, thought he was blaspheming God. Christ quickly chastised the men for their evil thoughts and boldly asserted he had the authority to forgive sin (Mark 2:3 - 12, Luke 5:17 - 25).
f) It was also in Capernaum that, because of the great faith of a Roman Centurion, Jesus did not need to visit the man's servant who had palsy but simply commanded he be healed (Matthew 8: 5 - 13).
g) Other miracles which occurred in the city included the healing of the nobleman's son (John 4:46 - 54), Peter's mother-in-law made well (Matthew 8:14 - 15), and the synagogue ruler's daughter brought back to life (Matthew 9:23 - 25).
h) At least five of the twelve apostles Jesus called to follow him lived in Capernaum - James and John (brothers), Andrew and Peter (brothers) and Matthew.
Comments
Post a Comment