Search the encyclopedia

Search the Bible

28 articles found for “Capernaum”

• Matthew 4:17

  [Bible Verses]

  Matthew 4:17 records the first proclamation Jesus made when he began his public ministry in Galilee. The words "Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" are regarded as a summary of Jesus' preaching and are frequently cited and discussed in debates over how to understand repentance and the kingdom of God.

• Raising of the Widow's Son at Nain

  [Bible]

  A miracle in which Jesus met a funeral procession near the gate of the town of Nain in Galilee, raised a widow's only son from the dead, and restored him to his mother. It is recorded only in Luke 7:11-17.

• Luke 5

  [Bible]

  Luke 5 is the chapter in which Jesus calls Simon Peter, James, and John as disciples by the lake of Gennesaret, heals a leper and a paralytic, calls Levi the tax collector, and then answers a question about fasting.

• Synagogue

  [Bible]

  In the New Testament era, the synagogue was a local community meeting place where Jews gathered on the Sabbath and other occasions to read and study the Law and the Prophets and to pray. Jesus and Paul taught and proclaimed the gospel there.

• Demon

  [Bible]

  In the Bible, demons are evil spiritual beings that oppose God, torment people, and work behind idolatry and false teaching. They appear especially often in the New Testament Gospels.

• Nain

  [Bible]

  Nain was a small village in southern Galilee. It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in Luke 7:11, as the setting of the account in which Jesus raised a widow's only son.

• Sea of Tiberias

  [Bible]

  The Sea of Tiberias is another name for the Sea of Galilee. In the New Testament it appears only in the Gospel of John. The name comes from Tiberias, a city built on the lake's shore.

• Matthew 18

  [Bible]

  Matthew 18 is the fourth of the five discourses in the Gospel of Matthew. It teaches humility within the community of disciples, care for the little ones, the procedure for admonishing a brother who sins, and limitless forgiveness. It contains the Parable of the Lost Sheep and the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant.