Healing Then and Now ?

It’s still a problem for some who would rather die alone than receive love and Life from above…

Jesus was first revealed in his hometown of Nazareth… Soon thereafter he moved to Capernaum on Lake Gennessrat, a two day journey south byfoot. His first miracle was east in  Cana at his mother’s request.

The attempt to push Jesus off a cliff occurred in Nazareth, His hometown. This event is described in Luke 4:16–30.

 

After Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah in the synagogue and declared that the prophecy was fulfilled in Him, the people became furious. They were offended by His statements, especially when He suggested that God’s blessings extended to Gentiles. In their anger, they drove Him out of the synagogue and tried to push Him off a cliff at the edge of the town. However, Jesus miraculously passed through the crowd and left unharmed.

When did Jesus first move to Nazareth?

Jesus first moved to Nazareth as a child, after His family returned from Egypt. Following King Herod’s death, Joseph was warned in a dream not to return to Judea, so he brought Mary and Jesus to settle in Nazareth, fulfilling the prophecy that Jesus would be called a Nazarene (Matthew 2:19–23).

©hatGPT quoted God’s Word.

 When did Jesus leave Nazareth to reside in Capernaum?

Jesus left Nazareth to reside in Capernaum at the beginning of His public ministry. This move occurred after His baptism by John the Baptist and His temptation in the wilderness. According to Matthew 4:12–13, Jesus moved to Capernaum after hearing that John had been imprisoned. This fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy about “Galilee of the Gentiles” (Isaiah 9:1–2).

 

Capernaum then became His base of operations for much of His ministry.

 

The events of Jesus healing Jairus’ daughter and the woman with the issue of blood are recorded in three Gospels: Matthew 9:18–26, Mark 5:21–43, and Luke 8:40–56.

These accounts indicate that these miracles took place in Capernaum, a city by the Sea of Galilee. Capernaum is often referred to as Jesus’ “own city” (Matthew 9:1) because it was a central hub for much of His ministry in Galilee. The narrative context in all three Gospels places these miracles after Jesus had crossed the Sea of Galilee and returned to this area.

 

Nazareth and Capernaum is approximately 20–25 miles (32–40 kilometers), depending on the exact route taken. The journey would likely have taken about a day or more on foot, considering the hilly terrain of Galilee.

 

Travelers would often follow paths that passed through the Valley of Jezreel and then skirted the Sea of Galilee to reach Capernaum, a fishing village located on the northern shore of the sea.