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What is the rationale for stating that the incident as recorded in Luke 5:17-26 took place in Capernaum? Unlike Matthew ('his own town') and Mark (which names Capernaum), Luke's text does not refer to Capernaum, the last reference to Capernaum was in the previous chapter (Lk 4:31) and the preceding incident in chapter 5 is set in 'a certain [unnamed] city' (μια των πολεων). In Luke's gospel the incident took place against the background of a Pharisee/Lawyer convention of some kind which brought the learned together from 'every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem' - is Capernaum likely to have been the location for such an event? BobKilcoyne (talk) 06:28, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus." -which seems to track Mark.
