The Gospels report that Jesus taught in Capernaum’s synagogue. One of his 12 apostles, Matthew, is described as a tax collector at Capernaum, and several more apostles as living there.

The synagogue at Capernaum (K’far Nahum in Hebrew), recorded in the New Testament as one of the first places where Jesus of Nazareth spoke to the people, will be reconstructed.

The exorcism in the Synagogue of Capernaum is depicted in this Romanesque fresco from Lambach Abbey in Upper Austria, about 50 miles northeast of Salzburg. Lambach Abbey was founded circa 1040 ...

This is one of the most difficult moments of Jesus’ public ministry. The scene is the synagogue at Capernaum, the town where Jesus worked some of his greatest miracles.

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"Synagogues of this particular type—which is best represented by the synagogue at Capernaum just a couple of miles away—typically don't have mosaic floors. They have flagstone pavements." ...

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Another significant archaeological landmark in Capernaum is a late-Roman (fourth century) synagogue built over the site of an earlier synagogue that would have been in use during Jesus’ day.