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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "kind": "event",
  "id": "jesus-in-capernaum",
  "era": "life-of-jesus",
  "order": 329,
  "title": "Jesus in Capernaum",
  "group": "early-ministry",
  "date": {
    "kind": "relative",
    "label": "Preparation and early ministry",
    "note": "A guided comparison of Gospel accounts, not a measured calendar or a claim that every parallel follows the same sequence."
  },
  "pin": [
    35.57516,
    32.88059
  ],
  "pinConfidence": "Identified site",
  "pinPlace": "capernaum_274",
  "summary": "Jesus settles at Capernaum by the sea and proclaims the nearness of the kingdom. Matthew connects the Galilean setting with Isaiah’s image of light in darkness.",
  "context": "Capernaum becomes a recurring setting, but a city pin does not identify Jesus’s exact home or every later teaching venue. Matthew’s prophetic connection is part of the Gospel’s interpretation of the move.",
  "question": "How does the geographical quotation contribute to Matthew’s account?",
  "locationNote": "Matthew names Capernaum by the sea. The city marker does not identify Jesus’s exact dwelling.",
  "passages": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 4:13–17",
      "range": [
        40004013,
        40004017
      ],
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%204%3A13%E2%80%9317&version=BSB",
      "availability": "bundled",
      "verses": [
        {
          "book": "Matthew",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 13,
          "text": "Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,"
        },
        {
          "book": "Matthew",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 14,
          "text": "to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:"
        },
        {
          "book": "Matthew",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 15,
          "text": "“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—"
        },
        {
          "book": "Matthew",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 16,
          "text": "the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”"
        },
        {
          "book": "Matthew",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 17,
          "text": "From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 4:31",
      "range": [
        42004031,
        42004031
      ],
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%204%3A31&version=BSB",
      "availability": "bundled",
      "verses": [
        {
          "book": "Luke",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 31,
          "text": "Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "range": [
        23009001,
        23009002
      ],
      "kind": "teaching",
      "note": "Matthew cites the promise concerning Zebulun, Naphtali and Galilee.",
      "reference": "Isaiah 9:1–2",
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%209%3A1%E2%80%932&version=BSB"
    }
  ],
  "places": [
    {
      "id": "capernaum_274",
      "name": "Capernaum",
      "coordinate": [
        35.57516,
        32.88059
      ],
      "kind": "City",
      "confidence": "Identified site",
      "confidenceSource": "rule",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire",
          "url": "http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/33337"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "mapPeriod": "gospel-land",
  "further": [
    {
      "label": "Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire",
      "url": "http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/33337"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "theographic",
        "ref": "281"
      },
      {
        "name": "editorial"
      }
    ],
    "review": "draft"
  },
  "eraName": "Life of Jesus",
  "interactiveUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/?event=jesus-in-capernaum",
  "attribution": [
    "Events and places adapted from Theographic Bible Metadata (github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata), CC BY-SA 4.0. This adapted data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.",
    "Place coordinates from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0.",
    "Teaching stops, summaries and regional extents are original editorial content of this atlas.",
    "Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. https://berean.bible/licensing.htm"
  ],
  "translation": "bsb",
  "url": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/jesus-in-capernaum/",
  "markdownUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/jesus-in-capernaum/index.md",
  "jsonUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/jesus-in-capernaum/index.json",
  "cautions": "Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.",
  "revision": "a983e6e8ec2a0faf"
}