Luke 4:31

31 So He came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where He frequently taught the people on the Sabbath days.

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, hurried Him outside the town, and brought Him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, to throw Him down the cliff;

30 but He passed through the midst of them and went His way.

31 So He came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where He frequently taught the people on the Sabbath days.

32 And they were greatly impressed by His teaching, because He spoke with the language of authority.

33 But in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. In a loud voice he cried out,