Mat 4:13 | RWP | e4.org | Dwelt in Capernaum ( Κατωικησεν εις Καφαρναουμ ). He went first to Nazareth, his old home, but was rejected there ( ). In Capernaum (probably the modern Τελλ Hυμ ) Jesus was in a large town, one of the centres of Galilean political and commercial life, a fishing mart, where many Gentiles came. Here the message of the kingdom would have a better chance than in Jerusalem with its ecclesiastical prejudices or in Nazareth with its local jealousies. So Jesus "made his home" ( κατωικησεν ) here.

‏ Matthew 4:13

Dwelt in Capernaum ( Κατωικησεν εις Καφαρναουμ ). He went first to Nazareth, his old home, but was rejected there (Lu 4:16-31). In Capernaum (probably the modern Τελλ Hυμ ) Jesus was in a large town, one of the centres of Galilean political and commercial life, a fishing mart, where many Gentiles came. Here the message of the kingdom would have a better chance than in Jerusalem with its ecclesiastical prejudices or in Nazareth with its local jealousies. So Jesus "made his home" ( κατωικησεν ) here.