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Capernaum

迦百农

迦百农（希伯来语：כְּפַר נַחוּם 读音：Kfar Nahum，“那鸿的村庄”之意）位于加利利海北岸，在哈斯摩年王朝的时代是一个靠打鱼为生的村庄。这个村庄约有1500名人口，考古发掘显示曾有两座犹太会堂先后建于此地。

迦百农附近的一座教堂据称正是圣彼得家的遗址。

有关这座小镇的记载贯穿在四本福音书卷中（马太福音4:13,8:5,11:23,17:24, 马可福音1:21,2:1,9:33，路加福音4:23,31,7:1,10:15，约翰福音2:12,4:46,6:17,24,59），据称，此地离使徒西门彼得、安德鲁、雅各、约翰以及税吏马太的家不远。

在一个安息日，耶稣在迦百农的犹太会堂里教导神的话语并在这里医好了一个被污秽的邪灵附身的人。【值得注意的是，这是唯一一个在马可福音和路加福音中有相同记载的故事，但马太福音却没有提及这个故事。后来，耶稣医好了西门彼得患热病的岳母。根据路加福音7:1-10, 这也是一个罗马百夫长请求耶稣医治其仆人的地方。马可福音2:1也提到了迦百农，就是那个通过拆掉的房顶被缒到耶稣面前并得到医治的瘫子的故事发生地点。根据马太福音的记载，耶稣离开拿撒勒那座小山村后，他选择了加利利的这座小镇作为其公开传讲福音的中心（马太福音4:12-17）。耶稣也曾因这里的人们不受教而诅咒这座城市，说：“你必坠落阴间，”（马太福音11:23）。】

Capernaum

Capernaum (כְּפַר נַחוּם, Kfar Nahum, "Nahum's village") was a fishing village in the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. 

It had a population of about 1,500. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A church near Capernaum is said to be the home of Saint Peter.
 

The town is cited in all four gospels (Matthew 4:13,8:5,11:23,17:24, Mark 1:21,2:1,9:33, Luke 4:23,31,7:1,10:15, John 2:12,4:46,6:17,24,59) where it was reported to have been near the hometown of the apostles Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John, as well as the tax collector Matthew.

One Sabbath, Jesus taught in the synagogue in Capernaum and healed a man who had the spirit of an unclean devil. Afterwards, he healed a fever in Simon Peter's mother-in-law. 
According to Luke 7:1–10, it is also the place where a Roman Centurion asked Jesus to heal his servant.

Capernaum is also mentioned in the Gospel of Mark (2:1), it is the location of the famous healing of the paralytic lowered through the roof to reach Jesus.
According to the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus selected this town as the center of his public ministry in the Galilee after he left the small mountainous hamlet of Nazareth (Matthew 4:12–17).
He also formally cursed the city, saying "You shall be brought down to Hell," (Matthew 11:23) because of their lack of response to his teaching.