Did you know …?
• Capernaum was a Jewish fishing and agricultural village by the Sea of Galilee in the early centuries C . E .
• The name “ Capernaum ” comes from the Hebrew Kefar Nahum , the village of Nahum .
• Capernaum is the site of several of the Gospels ’ stories about Jesus , and Matt 9:1 refers to it as “ Jesus ’ own city .”
• The extensively excavated site is now a favorite destination for tourists and pilgrims .
• The impressive reconstructed limestone synagogue visible today dates to the late fourth or fifth-century C . E .
• Some scholars believe that Capernaum ’ s fifth-century octagonal church marks the site of the house of Jesus ’ disciple Peter .
• Although a miracle story ( Matt 8:5-13 and Luke 7:1-10 ) mentions a Gentile “ centurion ,” at Capernaum , the reference is probably to an officer in the army of the Herodian clientking Antipas , not a Roman soldier .
• In addition to the New Testament , other ancient sources such as the writings of the late-first century C . E . Jewish historian Josephus and the rabbis refer to Capernaum .
Mark A . Chancey , “ Capernaum ”, n . p . [ cited 26 Sep 2016 ]. Online : https :// www . bibleodyssey . org : 443 / places / main-articles / capernaum
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What do you call a bull that is sleeping ? A bulldozer ! -------------------------------------
A mother went to wake her son for church one Sunday morning . When she knocked on his door , he said , “ I ’ m not going !”
“ Why not ?” asked his mother .
“ I ’ ll give you two good reasons ,” he said . “ One , they don ’ t like me . Two , I don ’ t like them .”
His mother replied , “ I ’ ll give you two good reasons why YOU WILL go to church . One , you ’ re 47 years old . Two , you ’ re the pastor !”
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By the time Bobby arrived , the football game had already started . “ Why are you so late ?” asked his friend .
“ I couldn ’ t decide between going to church and going to the football game . So I tossed a coin ,” said Bobby .
“ But that shouldn ’ t have taken too long .” said the friend . “ Well , I had to toss it 35 times .”
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A mother was struggling to get the ketchup out of the bottle when the phone rang . She asked her four year old daughter to answer it . She heard her daughter say , “ Mommy can ’ t come to the phone . She ’ s hitting the bottle .”
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If God wanted me to touch my toes , He would have put them on my knees .
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Mark A . Chancey is professor of religious studies in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences at Southern Methodist University in Dallas . His research interests range from the historical Jesus , archaeology and the Bible , and the political and social history of Roman-period Palestine to church-state issues and religion and contemporary public education . He is the author of two books with Cambridge University Press , The Myth of a Gentile Galilee ( 2002 ) and Greco-Roman Culture and the Galilee of Jesus ( 2005 ), and is the coauthor of Alexander to Constantine : Archaeology of the Land of the Bible ( Yale University Press , 2012 ).
Never , under any circumstances , combine a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night .
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You should never say anything to a woman that even hints that you think she ’ s pregnant .
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If man evolved from monkeys and apes , why do we still have monkeys and apes ?
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