Luke Chapter 4 verse 31 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 4:31

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath day:
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BBE Luke 4:31

And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.
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DARBY Luke 4:31

and descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbaths.
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KJV Luke 4:31

And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
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WBT Luke 4:31


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WEB Luke 4:31

He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,
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YLT Luke 4:31

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 31-44. - AT CAPERNAUM. Verse 31. - And came down to Capernaum. Capernaum was the real home of the Master during the two years and a half of his public ministry. He chose this flourishing lakecity partly because his kinsmen and first disciples lived in it or its immediate neighborhood, but more especially on account of its situation. It has been termed the very center of the manufacturing district of Palestine; it lay on the high-road which led from Damascus and the Syrian cities to Tyro, Sidon, and Jerusalem. "It was, in fact, on 'the way of the sea' (Isaiah 9:1), the great caravan-road which led (from the East) to the Mediterranean. It was hence peculiarly fitted to be the center of a far-reaching ministry, of which even Gentiles would hear" (Farrar). The evangelist speaks of "coming down" to the shore of the lake, in contrast with Nazareth, which was placed in the hills. We do not meet with the name Capernaum in the Old Testament; it therefore appears not to have been a city belonging to remote antiquity. Its name is generally interpreted as being compounded of two words, signifying "town of consolations," בפר גחים - a beautiful and significant derivation. It may, however, originally have taken its name from the Prophet Nahum. Josephus, the historian, tells us. the name originally belonged to a fountain. He dwells also on the mildness of the climate; it would therefore seem as though, in the first place, Capernaum was used as a health resort, and then its admirable situation favored its adoption as a convenient center. The extensive ruins of Tel-Hum, on the lake-shore, are generally believed to be the remains of the once rich and populous Capernaum. And taught them on the sabbath days.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) And came down to Capernaum.--See Note on Matthew 4:13. St. Luke, it will be noticed, gives, what St. Matthew does not give, the reason of the removal.