After this he went down to Capernaum
After he had been at Cana, and at the wedding there: after he had
wrought the miracle of turning water into wine; and after he had
manifested forth the glory of his deity thereby, and had
confirmed the faith of his disciples, he departed from thence,
and went lower into the country of Galilee, to Capernaum, a city
near the sea of Tiberias; and which, from henceforward, he made
the more usual place of his residence, and whither he frequently
resorted, and therefore it is called his city, ( Matthew 9:1 ) . This
refers not to the same journey recorded in ( Matthew 4:12
Matthew
4:13 ) , for that was after John was cast into prison,
whereas this was before; see ( John 3:24 ) ; the company
that went with him, are as follow,
he, and his mother;
who had been with him at Cana, and was a principal person at the
wedding: and she now returning home, he accompanies her, to see
her to her own habitation; or to settle her in Capernaum, whilst
he went about discharging his public ministry.
And his brethren;
or near kinsmen, according to the flesh, the sons of Alphaeus, or
Cleophas, and Mary, sister to the mother of our Lord; whose names
were James, Joses, Simon, and Judas, three of which afterwards
became his apostles:
and his disciples:
as many as he had yet called, which were Andrew, and the disciple
that followed Jesus with him, and Simon Peter, and Philip, and
Nathanael,
and they continued there not many days;
not because of the impenitence, unbelief, and wickedness of the
place, but for the reason following.
