And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath,
When Christ was expelled Nazareth, he came to Capernaum, another city of Galilee. The account we have in these verses of his preaching and miracles there we had before, Mar 1:21, etc. Observe, I. His preaching: He taught them on the sabbath days, Luk 4:31. In hearing the word preached, as an ordinance of God, we worship God, and it is a proper work for sabbath days.
Commenting on Luke 4:31-44
And came down to Capernaum,.... Which was, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, sixteen miles or more from Nazareth; and Christ may be said to "come down" to it, because of the situation of Nazareth, which was upon an hill: a city of Galilee: of lower Galilee, near the sea of Galilee: and taught them on the sabbath days: that is, he went into the synagogue at...
Verse 31. No entry from BARNES for this verse. through Mt 1:39