Luke 4:31
29 They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.
30 But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.
Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.
32 They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.
33 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.
- KJV
- And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
- WEB
- He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,
- ASV
- And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath day:
- DARBY
- and descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbaths.
- BLB
- And He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbaths.
- ÅB
- Og han kom ned til Kapernaum, en by i Galilea, og lærte dem på sabbaten,
- OTB
- Så reiste han til Kapernaum, en by i Galilea, og på sabbaten underviste han folket.
- B1930
- Og han kom ned til Kapernaum, en by i Galilea, og lærte dem på sabbaten,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 1:21–28
Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.
Read in contextMatthew 4:13
Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Read in contextActs 17:1–3
When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Read in contextActs 13:50–14:2
The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
Read in contextMatthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Read in contextActs 14:6–7
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
Read in contextActs 14:19–21
Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
Read in contextActs 17:10–11
As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
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