Healing the paralytic at Capernaum is one of the miracles of Jesus in the synoptic Gospels. Jesus was living in Capernaum and teaching the people there, and on one occasion the people gathered in such
Christ healing the paralytic at Capernaum by Bernhard Rode 1780
Jesus heals the paralytic at Capernaum. (Galway City Museum, Ireland)
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Capernaum was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans in Israel, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD.
Ruins of the 4th-century Capernaum synagogue
Capernaum's 4th-century synagogue (detail with columns and benches)
James Tissot – Healing of the Lepers at Capernaum (Guérison des lépreux à Capernaum) – Brooklyn Museum
Olive press from Roman times, different elements