Gary A. Byers<\/b><\/p>\n
Jesus\u2019 ministry centered in Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. He regularly taught and performed miracles in its synagogue. Here He cast an evil spirit out of a man (Mk 1:23\u201326) and healed the man with a withered hand (Mk 3:1\u20135).<\/p>\n
The ruins of a beautiful white limestone synagogue in Capernaum have been known for hundreds of years. It was built 300 years after Jesus. Recently, archaeologists excavated beneath <\/p>\n
The Synagogue at Capernaum.<\/b><\/p>\n
BSP<\/i> 13:1 (Winter 2000) p. 30<\/p>\n
this synagogue and found evidence of an earlier synagogue made of the same black basalt stones of which the houses of Capernaum were made. This was the synagogue that Jesus visited.<\/p>\n
After casting the evil spirit out of the man, Jesus left the synagogue and entered Peter\u2019s house, where He healed Peter\u2019s mother-in-law (Mk 1:29\u201330). Visitors to Capernaum three centuries later mentioned visiting Peter\u2019s house, which by then had been turned into a church. In modern times, archaeologists found many houses between the synagogue and Galilee\u2019s shoreline dated to Jesus\u2019 day. One house had been converted into a church about 50 years after Jesus, and two later churches were rebuilt over the same house during the next 400 years. While nothing found in the house proved this was Peter\u2019s house, graffiti scratched on the church\u2019s plaster wall by early Christian pilgrims suggests they believed it was Peter\u2019s house! Just 30 m (100ft) from the synagogue, probably it was Peter\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
Peter\u2019s House at Capernaum.<\/b><\/p>\n
The archaeologists discovered that the synagogue and the church coexisted in Capernaum for hundreds of years. Christians and Jews apparently learned to live together in peace.<\/p>\n
Yet, Jesus suggested the city would ultimately be destroyed and left desolate (Mt 11:23). Today, the site of ancient Capernaum is only a group of ruins, literally fulfilling Jesus\u2019 words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gary A. Byers Jesus\u2019 ministry centered in Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. He regularly taught and performed miracles in its synagogue. Here He cast an evil spirit out of a man (Mk 1:23\u201326) and healed the man with a withered hand (Mk 3:1\u20135). The ruins of a beautiful white limestone synagogue in Capernaum have … Continue reading “FOR
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