Read Matthew 4:12-17
Context: This is the very beginning of Jesus' ministry -- immediately after He's fasted in the desert for 40 days and been tempted by Satan.
Text:
12When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee. 13Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali— 14to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: 15"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— 16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned."[a]
17From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." (NIV)
Footnotes:
Matthew 4:16 Isaiah 9:1,2
taken from www.biblegateway.com
The land of Zebulun was that given to the offspring of Jacob's tenth son, the last son of Leah. It is a fertile land that includes part of the mountainous area of lower Galilee. Napthali was the sixth son of Jacob, borne by Rachel's maidservant Bilhah. The land given to his descendants was immediately north and east of Zebulun. It was mountainous and fertile.
Capernaum became the center of Jesus' ministry in Galilee. It is believed that Peter lived here near the synagogue, and that Jesus stayed at his home for most of His time in Capernaum. At this point in Christ's ministry, however, Peter had not yet been named. (Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary).
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