Capernaum fishing village
Capernaum was the center of Jesus activities in the Galilee and his town during that time. Jesus taught in the local synagogue. It was also the home town of the apostles Peter, James, Andrew and John, and the tax collector Matthew. In the New Testament, it is stated that Jesus preached at the synagogue in Capernaum. A The remains of a synagogue were excavated there in 1905. This synagogue dates from the second or early third century and is one of the best preserved Galilean synagogues of this early type.
