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Mark 1:21

Capernaum

19 Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.

20 Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

22 The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

23 Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit cried out in the synagogue:

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BSB
Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.
KJV
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
WEB
They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.
ASV
And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.
DARBY
And they go into Capernaum. And straightway on the sabbath he entered into the synagogue and taught.
BLB
And they go into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbaths, having entered into the synagogue, He was teaching.
ÅB
Og de gikk inn i Kapernaum, og straks på sabbaten gikk han inn i synagogen og lærte.
OTB
De dro til Kapernaum, og straks på sabbaten gikk Jesus inn i synagogen og begynte å undervise.
B1930
Og de gikk inn i Kapernaum, og straks på sabbaten gikk han inn i synagogen og lærte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Mark 6:2

    When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?

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  • Mark 1:39

    So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

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  • Matthew 4:23

    Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

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  • Acts 13:14–52

    And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

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  • Acts 17:2

    As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

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  • Acts 18:4

    Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

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  • Matthew 4:13

    Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

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  • Mark 2:1

    A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,

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