Mark 1:21
And they entered into Capernaum, and anon in the sabbaths, he went into the synagogue, and taught them.This verse in the real world
Where
When
In what words
- ΚαπερναούμKapernaoúmCapernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine
- εἰσπορεύομαιeisporeúomaito enter (literally or figuratively)
- σάββατονsábbatonthe Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the obs
- συναγωγήsynagōgḗan assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by a
- εὐθέωςeuthéōsdirectly, i.e. at once or soon
- εἰσέρχομαιeisérchomaito enter (literally or figuratively)
- εἰςeisto or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) pu
- καίkaíand, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- Capernaum: the black basalt under the white synagogueConfirmed by the groundCapernaum has a first-century synagogue foundation beneath its later one, and a first-century house that was venerated from very early on.
- The Theodotus synagogue inscriptionConfirmed by the groundSynagogues used for scripture reading and teaching, and hosting travellers, existed in first-century Jerusalem — the institutional setting the Gospels and Acts take for granted.
Cross-references
Mrk 6:2, Mrk 1:39, Mat 4:23, Act 17:2, Act 13:14–52, Act 18:4, Mat 4:13, Luk 4:31–37