Capernaum

A map of Israel and the surrounding area, with Capernaum marked.¹

Capernaum is a city located at the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus found five of his disciples here, who were Peter and Andrew (who were brothers and worked as fishermen), John and James (also brothers and fishermen), and Matthew (a tax collector). Jesus had called for them to follow after performing a miracle they had witnessed, in which an abnormal amount of fish were caught that their nets were about to break after having no luck finding any catch all night.²

Footnotes

1. https://www.britannica.com/place/Capernaum ↩

2. Luke 5:1-11. ↩