The Story of Jesus and Capernaum

Tyler Drexler: Jesus was born in Nazareth and grew up on the northern shores of the Sea of Galilee. In verse 16, he goes into synagogue to read a book that had been given to him by prophet Esai. He says this is significant because it's a skill very few people in his region would have had at age 30. This also gives us insight about why Jesus moved eventually down to Capernaum," writes Drexler.