Jesus never moved far away from home. Capernaum is just 23 miles from Nazareth and became the center of His ministry in Galilee. He began His teaching in the synagogue there. It was there that He healed the Centurion’s servant and cured the man with palsy. Most of the incidents and discourses of the first part of the three Synoptic Gospels occurred in or near there. It was one of the Galilean towns which Jesus cursed because of the unbelief He found there.

The site has yet to be thoroughly excavated. It is not known how far back the occupation of this city goes. It obviously was a thriving city at the time of Jesus but, later, fell into ruin. There are Roman ruins there