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New Living Translation

Luke 4:31

Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Capernaum;   Jesus, the Christ;   Sabbath;   Synagogue;   Scofield Reference Index - Satan;   The Topic Concordance - Power;   Uncleanness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sabbath, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Capernaum;   Preaching;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Worship of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Capernaum;   Isaiah, the Book of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Capernaum;   Luke, the Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Synagogue;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Capernaum;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Activity;   Guide;   Lunatic;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 7;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.
King James Version (1611)
And came downe to Capernaum, a citie of Galile, and taught them on the Sabbath dayes.
King James Version
And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
English Standard Version
And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath,
New American Standard Bible
And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee; and He was teaching them on the Sabbath;
New Century Version
Jesus went to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and on the Sabbath day, he taught the people.
Amplified Bible
Then He came down [from the hills of Nazareth] to Capernaum, a city of Galilee [on the shore of the sea], and He was teaching them on the Sabbath;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath;
Legacy Standard Bible
And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath;
Berean Standard Bible
Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus went to the town of Capernaum in Galilee and taught the people on the Sabbath.
Complete Jewish Bible
He went down to K'far-Nachum, a town in the Galil, and made a practice of teaching them on Shabbat.
Darby Translation
and descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbaths.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus went to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. On the Sabbath day he taught the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And came downe into Capernaum a citie of Galile, and there taught them on the Sabbath dayes.
George Lamsa Translation
And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and he taught them on the sabbaths.
Good News Translation
Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where he taught the people on the Sabbath.
Lexham English Bible
And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.
Literal Translation
And He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And He was teaching them on the sabbaths.
American Standard Version
And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath day:
Bible in Basic English
And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.
Hebrew Names Version
He came down to Kafar-Nachum, a city of the Galil. He was teaching them on the day of Shabbat,
International Standard Version
Then Jesushe">[fn] went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and began teaching the peoplethem">[fn] on the Sabbath.Matthew 4:13; Mark 1:21;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
AND he went down to Kapher-nachum, a city of Galila, and instructed them on the shabath.
Murdock Translation
And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee; and taught them on sabbath days.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And came downe to Capernaum, a citie of Galilee, and there taught them on the Sabboth dayes.
English Revised Version
And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath day:
World English Bible
He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
Weymouth's New Testament
So He came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where He frequently taught the people on the Sabbath days.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
a citee of Galilee, and there he tauyte hem in sabotis.
Update Bible Version
And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath day:
Webster's Bible Translation
And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath-days.
New English Translation
So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.
New King James Version
Mark 1:21-28">[xr] Then He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths.
New Life Bible
Jesus went down to Capernaum in Galilee. He taught them on the Days of Rest.
New Revised Standard
He went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he came down into Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he went down into Capharnaum, a city of Galilee: and there he taught them on the sabbath days.
Revised Standard Version
And he went down to Caper'na-um, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and came in to Capernaum a cyte of Galile and there taught the on the Saboth dayes.
Young's Literal Translation
And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and came to Capernaum a cite of Galile, and taught the vpo the Sabbathes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
At length he went to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath-days.
THE MESSAGE
He went down to Capernaum, a village in Galilee. He was teaching the people on the Sabbath. They were surprised and impressed—his teaching was so forthright, so confident, so authoritative, not the quibbling and quoting they were used to.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus rode off to Capernaum and gave a clinic on how to ride for God on the day of rest.

Contextual Overview

31 Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day. 32 There, too, the people were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority. 33 Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an evil spirit—cried out, shouting, 34 "Go away! Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!" 35 But Jesus reprimanded him. "Be quiet! Come out of the man," he ordered. At that, the demon threw the man to the floor as the crowd watched; then it came out of him without hurting him further. 36 Amazed, the people exclaimed, "What authority and power this man's words possess! Even evil spirits obey him, and they flee at his command!" 37 The news about Jesus spread through every village in the entire region. 38 After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon's home, where he found Simon's mother-in-law very sick with a high fever. "Please heal her," everyone begged. 39 Standing at her bedside, he rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and prepared a meal for them. 40 As the sun went down that evening, people throughout the village brought sick family members to Jesus. No matter what their diseases were, the touch of his hand healed every one.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

came: Matthew 4:13, Mark 1:21

taught: Matthew 10:23, Acts 13:50-52, Acts 14:1, Acts 14:2, Acts 14:6, Acts 14:7, Acts 14:19-21, Acts 17:1-3, Acts 17:10, Acts 17:11, Acts 17:16, Acts 17:17, Acts 18:4, Acts 20:1, Acts 20:2, Acts 20:23, Acts 20:24

Reciprocal: Matthew 4:12 - when Mark 6:2 - he began Mark 6:6 - And he went Luke 6:6 - he John 6:59 - in the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And came down to Capernaum,.... Which was, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, sixteen miles or more from Nazareth; and Christ may be said to "come down" to it, because of the situation of Nazareth, which was upon an hill:

a city of Galilee: of lower Galilee, near the sea of Galilee:

and taught them on the sabbath days: that is, he went into the synagogue at Capernaum, on the sabbath days, whenever he was there, and taught the inhabitants, explained some passage or other in the Old Testament, as he had done at Nazareth and instructed them in the doctrines of the Gospel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this explained in the notes at Mark 1:21-39.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. Came down to Capernaum — Which it is likely he made his ordinary place of residence from this time. Matthew 4:13; Matthew 4:13.


 
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