12After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
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While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-22)Here we have, I. The short visit Christ made to Capernaum, John 2:12. It was a large and populous city, about a day’s journey from Cana; it is called his own city (Matt. 9:1), because he made it his head-quarters in Galilee, and what little rest he had was there. It was a place of concourse, and therefore Christ chose it, that the fame of his doctrine and miracles might thence spread the further.…
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