| |
P.1420 - §4 Throughout this year
Jesus built boats and continued to observe how men lived on earth. Frequently
he would go down to visit at the caravan station, Capernaum being on the
direct travel route from Damascus to the south. Capernaum was a strong Roman
military post, and the garrison's commanding officer was a gentile believer
in Yahweh, "a devout man," as the Jews were wont to designate
such proselytes. This officer belonged to a wealthy Roman family, and he
took it upon himself to build a beautiful synagogue in Capernaum,
which had been presented to the Jews a short time before Jesus came to live
with Zebedee. Jesus conducted the services in this new synagogue more than
half the time this year, and some of the caravan people who chanced to attend
remembered him as the carpenter from Nazareth. |
