The centre of the Galilean preaching, after Nazareth does not receive Him.
Now. The ruins are still there: the synagogue of a later century over the earlier one, and the house tradition identifies as Peter’s, under a modern church. This is His own city in the Gospel’s phrase, and the place from which the lake can be seen as the Apostles saw it.Then. He dwells in Capernaum by the sea. He teaches in the synagogue as one having authority. He heals a man with an unclean spirit, and Peter’s mother-in-law, and many after sunset.
