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'''Capernaum''' is the city in [[Galilee]] in northern [[Israel]] which is where [[Jesus]] was baptized as an adult, performed many of His [[miracles]], and lived the last week of His life before the [[Crucifixion]] and [[Resurrection]].  It is felt that [[Peter]]'s home was in this city also.  This city probably did not exist during the period of the [[Old Testament]] and is not mentioned in those books, but can be visited to this day.<ref>https://www.touristisrael.com/capernaum/7636/</ref>
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'''Capernaum''' (currently having the Arabic name Kafr Nāḥūm) was the city in [[Galilee]] on the northern shore of the [[Sea of Galilee]], where [[Jesus]] was baptized as an adult, performed many of His [[miracles]], and lived the last week of His life before the [[Crucifixion]] and [[Resurrection]].  It is felt that [[Peter]]'s home was in this city also.  This city probably did not exist during the period of the [[Old Testament]] and is not mentioned in those books, but can be visited to this day.<ref>https://www.touristisrael.com/capernaum/7636/</ref>
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Located on water, it once thrived as a fishing village.
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It was inhabited between the second century B.C. and about the 13th century A.D.
 
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