Fishers of Men: Matthew 4:12-22

When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.

The forerunner was silenced. John's voice, which had echoed through the wilderness, was now confined to Herod's dungeon. The baton was passing. Jesus moved north, away from Jerusalem's politics, into the region where he had grown up.

Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Capernaum—a fishing village on the Sea of Galilee's northwestern shore. Jesus relocated from Nazareth to this lakeside town, establishing what would become his base of operations.