Capernaum gives us an obscure English noun, via the French. A “capharnaum” is a disorderly jumble, like the crowd that, the Gospels report, massed to hear Jesus preach at Capernaum.

An animated story from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. The tale tells how Jesus healed a paralysed man at Capernaum by forgiving his sins. Show to tell or recap the Christian story of Jesus ...