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His home town naturally came first:
v. 13. And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zebulon and Naphtali.
The unpleasant reception which was accorded Him at Nazareth, Luk_4:16-30, caused Him to make His stay there very brief. He went to settle, to make His home, in Capernaum, which appears throughout the gospel accounts as the center of the Lord's Galilean ministry. It was a thriving city on the Sea of Galilee, on the great road from Damascus to the Mediterranean Sea. In fulfillment of Christ's prophecy, Mat_11:23, this commercial metropolis was later so utterly destroyed that its very site in a region of ruined towns is doubtful. Tell Hum being now commonly conceded to have been the ancient location.