Capernaum
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What was Capernaum? Capernaum was an ancient village located in the region of Galilee, which is now part of northern Israel. Capernaum was the location of Jesus Christ’s ministry. Around 300 b.c.e., the village of Capernaum was located in what is now northern Israel and eventually became a trading village with a population of 1,500 people. However, this village is remembered today because the central figure of Christianity, Jesus, lived and taught there, first mentioned in Matthew 4:13 in the Christian Bible. Interestingly, Capernaum is not mentioned at all in the Old Testament, perhaps because it hadn’t been built when the books of the Old Testament were written. Today, the town of Kfar Nahum is located on the site where Capernaum once stood and is a popular tourist destination in Israel.
Example Sentences
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Producers are building a full-size recreation of first-century Capernaum, the town where Peter lived and where Jesus worshipped in the local synagogue, along with a 30,000-square-foot soundstage.
From Washington Times • Jul. 7, 2021
Capernaum is a biblical village that was doomed by Jesus.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2018
There were a few locks, like Mexico's "Roma," from director Alfonso Cuaron, Lebanon's "Capernaum" and even Japan's "Shoplifters."
From Fox News • Dec. 6, 2018
The Jury Prize went to Lebanese director Nadine Labaki for Capernaum, a film about a street urchin who sues his own family.
From Slate • May 19, 2018
The crowd, however, remained, in hopes of being again entertained gratis, when they learned at Capernaum that Jesus was on the opposite shore.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'
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