Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.
Parallel translations
- WEB They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.
- KJV And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
- NKJV Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught.
- NASB They *went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and began to teach.
- NLT Jesus and his companions went to the town of Capernaum. When the Sabbath day came, he went into the synagogue and began to teach.
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Quick answer
In Capernaum on the Sabbath, Jesus enters the synagogue and teaches. His ministry of authoritative teaching begins publicly.
Overview
Capernaum becomes a base for Jesus' Galilean ministry. By teaching in the synagogue on the Sabbath, Jesus engages the established worship life of Israel. Mark immediately draws attention to His teaching, which will prove unlike anything the people had heard.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Mark 6:2When 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?
- Mark 1:39So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
- Matt 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
- Acts 17:2As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
- Acts 13:14–52And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
- Acts 18:4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
- Matt 4:13Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
- Luke 13:10One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
- Luke 4:16Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,
- Mark 10:1Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.
- Luke 10:15And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!
- Mark 2:1A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,
- Luke 4:31–37Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.
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