Luke 4:38–44. We remain in Capernaum, and we find ourselves amidst the ruins of a cluster of approximately twelve houses, occupied during the first century AD, and close to the ruins of a synagogue. Buried beneath the remains of an octagonal, Byzantine church, are the ruins of one particular house, slightly larger than most, but still a relatively simple, single-story dwelling.

Like most early Roman-period houses, it consists of a few small rooms clustered around two open courtyards containing ovens and grinding stones – and probably a few chickens too – but it’s what happens to the house after the middle of the first century AD that marks it as being of particular interest …

Moving on from these archaeological remains, Luke paints a picture of Jesus healing each and every one brought to him. Some were sick with various diseases, others were possessed with demons, and very subtly Luke reminds us that this Jesus, the teacher from Nazareth, was none other than the Son of God – the Christ.

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