Capernaum (Kapharnaoum)

Etymology

Many take the word Kapharnaoum to mean “village of Nahum”, as in the prophet, but it also simply and literally means “village of comfort”. Whether it refers to Nahum or not is debatable.

New Testament

Christ's Arrival

It appears that after the ending of the 40 days that Christ had gone to Nazareth to announce His ministry, and then being rejected there as it is described in Luke, he travelled to Capernaum. This appears to be abbreviated in Matthew's account, as John the Baptist is depicted as not having yet been arrested at this time in John's gospel.

Matthew 4:12 And having heard that Iohannes had been handed over [arrested] He withdrew into Galilaia. 13 And leaving Nazareth, having come He settled in Kapharnaoum by the sea in the regions of Zaboulon and Nephthalim,