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Matthew 4: The temptation, and Jesus makes his home in Capernaum by the sea

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Matthew 3:13ESV

Then Jesus came from to the to John, to be baptized by him.

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Then the devil took him to the and set him on the pinnacle of the temple

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Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into .

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And leaving he went and lived in by the sea, in the territory of and ,

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“The land of and the land of , the way of the sea, beyond the , of the Gentiles —

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While walking by the , he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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And he went throughout all , teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.

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So his fame spread throughout all , and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.

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And great crowds followed him from and the , and from and , and from beyond the .

Matthew 5:35ESV

or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by , for it is the city of the great King.

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Jesus is led into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, who takes him to the holy city and sets him on the pinnacle of the temple. When he hears that John has been arrested he withdraws into Galilee, leaves Nazareth and lives in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, as Isaiah had said. Walking by the Sea of Galilee he calls Simon Peter and Andrew, then James and John, and he goes throughout all Galilee teaching and healing. His fame spreads through all Syria, and crowds follow him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and beyond the Jordan.

Map of Matthew 4: The temptation, and Jesus makes his home in Capernaum by the sea — 5 sites plotted

Regions on this map

Verses 12 to 25: Galilee, Nazareth, Capernaum and the sea, where Jesus settles, calls four fishermen and teaches.

  • Verses 12, 15, 23 and 25: Jesus withdraws into Galilee, Isaiah's "Galilee of the Gentiles" is quoted of it, he goes throughout all Galilee teaching and healing, and crowds follow him from it. It is the northern region of the land, west of the lake.

    the northern region as a whole; the gazetteer's representative point falls in the Sea of Galilee

  • Verse 13: leaving Nazareth, Jesus goes and lives in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali. The gazetteer puts it at Tell Hum (860 votes).

    Today: Tell Hum, on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee

  • Verse 13: Jesus leaves Nazareth to live in Capernaum. All 500 votes put it at the town of Nazareth in the Galilean hills.

    Today: Nazareth, Israel

  • Verses 18 and 21: Jesus walks by the Sea of Galilee and calls Simon and Andrew from casting a net, then James and John from their boat. Capernaum is "by the sea" in verse 13, and Isaiah's "the way of the sea" is quoted in verse 15.

    Today: the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), Israel (representative point)

  • Verses 13 and 15: Capernaum is "in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali", and Isaiah's words name "the land of Zebulun". It is the old tribal territory of Zebulun in Galilee.

    a tribal territory with no point in the gazetteer, so no site is plotted

  • Verses 13 and 15: Capernaum is "in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali", and Isaiah's words name "the land of Naphtali". It is the old tribal territory of Naphtali in Galilee.

    a tribal territory with no point in the gazetteer, so no site is plotted

Verses 5 and 25: the holy city where the devil sets him on the temple, and Jerusalem and Judea among the crowds that follow him.

  • Verses 5 and 25: the devil takes Jesus to "the holy city" and sets him on the pinnacle of the temple, and later crowds follow him from Jerusalem. All 500 votes put it at the city of Jerusalem.

    Today: Jerusalem

  • Verse 25: crowds follow Jesus from Jerusalem and Judea. Judea is the southern hill country around Jerusalem.

    no point of its own; the gazetteer offers Jerusalem, which is already a pin on this map

Verses 15 and 25: "beyond the Jordan" in Isaiah's words and among the crowds, and the Decapolis in verse 25.

  • Verses 15 and 25: Isaiah's words name the land "beyond the Jordan", and crowds follow Jesus from beyond the Jordan. The pin is the gazetteer's point on the lower Jordan, east of Jericho.

    Today: the Jordan River, between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea (representative point)

  • Verse 25: great crowds follow him from the Decapolis, among other places. It was a group of towns, mostly east of the Jordan and south and east of the Sea of Galilee.

    a league of cities, not one place; the gazetteer's point is only representative

Verse 24: his fame spreads throughout all Syria.

  • Verse 24: his fame spreads throughout all Syria, and they bring him the sick. Syria was the Roman province to the north and northeast of Galilee.

    a whole province; the gazetteer's point is Damascus, one city standing in for it

Matthew 4, verse by verse

  1. Matthew 4:5Then the devil took him to the and set him on the pinnacle of the temple
  2. Matthew 4:12Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into .
  3. Matthew 4:13And leaving he went and lived in by the sea, in the territory of and ,
  4. Matthew 4:15“The land of and the land of , the way of the sea, beyond the , of the Gentiles —
  5. Matthew 4:18While walking by the , he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
  6. Matthew 4:23And he went throughout all , teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
  7. Matthew 4:24So his fame spread throughout all , and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.
  8. Matthew 4:25And great crowds followed him from and the , and from and , and from beyond the .