12. *Capharnaum*, the largest town of Galilee, was situated, on the western shore of the sea of Galilee (Matt. iv. 13, John vi. 24), and the journey to it from Cana is rightly described as a descent. During His public life our Lord seems to have dwelt chiefly in this town, which is therefore sometimes spoken of as His own city (see Matt. ix. 1, and compare with Mark ii. 1). It was long thought to be impossible to identify the site of Capharnaum, but it seems now to be practically certain that the site is that of the modern Tell Hûm, about two and a half miles south‐ west of the point where the Jordan enters the sea of Galilee. Capharnaum means the village (נפר) of Nahum. _Tell_ is the Arabic for a hillock covered with ruins, and it is reasonably conjectured that Hûm is a contraction for Nahum, the first syllable, as sometimes happens in such cases, being dropped. Thus Tell Hûm would mean the ruin‐clad hillock of Nahum. A summary of the various reasons for identifying the two places is given by Pére Didon, in his able work: _Jesus Christ_, vol. ii., Appendix F. The *brethren* of the Lord here referred to were His cousins, but according to the Scriptural usage any near relations are called brethren. Thus Abraham and Lot are “brethren” (Gen. xiii. 8), though Abraham was in reality Lot’s uncle (Gen. xi. 27). See also remarks on vii. 3. 13. Et prope erat pascha 13. And the pasch of the Jews Iudaeorum, et ascendit Iesus was at hand, and Jesus went up Ierosoloymam: to Jerusalem. 13. *And* (= for) *the Pasch*, &c. This was the first Pasch of our Lord’s public life. The Evangelist calls it the Pasch of the Jews, because he is writing for the inhabitants of Asia Minor, most of whom were Greeks. The Pasch (Heb. _pesach_, פסח), beginning at evening on the 14th, and ending at evening on the 21st of Nisan,(35) was the greatest festival of the Jews. The word “pasch” means the passing over (from _pasach_, פסח, to pass or leap over), and the name was given to this festival as commemorating the passing over of the houses of the Israelites when the destroying angel slew the first‐born in the land of Egypt (see Exod xii. 11, 12). *And Jesus went up to Jerusalem.* At the three principal feasts: Pasch, Pentecost, and Tabernacles, all the male adults were bound to go up to the temple at Jerusalem. 14. Et invenit in templo 14. And he found in the temple vendentes boves, et oves, et them that sold oxen and sheep columbas, et numularios and doves, and the changers of sedentes. money sitting.