People who know the future with have a different understanding of what is compassionate then those who don't. We must therefore strive to act in a way we know is right and not in the way society expects us to.
CAPERNAUM (Καφαρναουμ, Kapharnaoum). A city on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. Gospel writers refer to it as Jesus’ “own city” (Matt 9:1) because after leaving Nazareth, He went to live in Capernaum, for at least a time (Matt 4:13).
In New Testament times, Capernaum was a center of commerce. Fishing and trade were important, and the town was a Roman tax polling station.
Winstead, M. B. (2016). Capernaum. In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, … W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
The Gospels reference Capernaum 16 times, but it is not mentioned in the rest of the New Testament. The Gospels also speak of Jesus’ mother having been in Capernaum (John 2:12), and Matt 17:24–27 demonstrates that, as a good citizen of the town, Jesus paid the temple-tax there.
