Luke 4:31

Jesus in Capernaum

31 Jesus went down to the city of Capernaum in Galilee and taught the people each Sabbath.

Luke 4:31 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:31

And came down to Capernaum
Which was, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, sixteen miles or more from Nazareth; and Christ may be said to "come down" to it, because of the situation of Nazareth, which was upon an hill:

a city of Galilee:
of lower Galilee, near the sea of Galilee:

and taught them on the sabbath days:
that is, he went into the synagogue at Capernaum, on the sabbath days, whenever he was there, and taught the inhabitants, explained some passage or other in the Old Testament, as he had done at Nazareth and instructed them in the doctrines of the Gospel.

Luke 4:31 In-Context

29 They rose up and ran him out of town. They led him to the crest of the hill on which their town had been built so that they could throw him off the cliff.

30 But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

31 Jesus went down to the city of Capernaum in Galilee and taught the people each Sabbath.

32 They were amazed by his teaching because he delivered his message with authority.

33 A man in the synagogue had the spirit of an unclean demon. He screamed,