have been the one built by the centurion (Luke 7:5), in which our Lord
frequently taught (John 6:59; Mark 1:21; Luke 4:33). Others have
conjectured that the ruins of the city are to be found at Khan Minyeh,
some three miles further to the south on the shore of the lake. “If Tell
Hum be Capernaum, the remains spoken of are without doubt the ruins of
the synagogue built by the Roman centurion, and one of the most sacred
places on earth. It was in this building that our Lord gave the well-known
discourse in John 6; and it was not without a certain strange feeling that on
turning over a large block we found the pot of manna engraved on its face,
and remembered the words, ‘I am that bread of life: your fathers did eat
manna in the wilderness, and are dead.’”, (The Recovery of Jerusalem.)
- CAPHTOR a chaplet, the original seat of the Philistines (Deuteronomy
2:23; Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7). The name is found written in
hieroglyphics in the temple of Kom Ombos in Upper Egypt. But the exact
situation of Caphtor is unknown, though it is supposed to be Crete, since
the Philistines seem to be meant by the “Cherethites” in 1 Samuel 30:14
(see also 2 Samuel 8:18). It may, however, have been a part of Egypt, the
Caphtur in the north Delta, since the Caphtorim were of the same race as
the Mizraite people (Genesis 10:14; 1 Chronicles 1:12). - CAPPADOCIA the easternmost and the largest province of Asia Minor.
Christianity very early penetrated into this country (1 Peter 1:1). On the
day of Pentecost there were Cappadocians at Jerusalem (Acts 2:9). - CAPTAIN (1.) Hebrews sar (1 Samuel 22:2; 2 Samuel 23:19). Rendered
“chief,” Genesis 40:2; 41:9; rendered also “prince,” Daniel 1:7; “ruler,”
Judges 9:30; “governor,’ 1 Kings 22:26. This same Hebrew word denotes a
military captain (Exodus 18:21; 2 Kings 1:9; Deuteronomy 1:15; 1 Samuel
18:13, etc.), the “captain of the body-guard” (Genesis 37:36; 39:1; 41:10;
Jeremiah 40:1), or, as the word may be rendered, “chief of the
executioners” (marg.). The officers of the king’s body-guard frequently
acted as executioners. Nebuzar-adan (Jeremiah 39:13) and Arioch (Daniel
2:14) held this office in Babylon.
The “captain of the guard” mentioned in Acts 28:16 was the Praetorian
prefect, the commander of the Praetorian troops.
(2.) Another word (Hebrews katsin) so translated denotes sometimes a
military (Joshua 10:24; Judges 11:6, 11; Isaiah 22:3 “rulers;” Daniel 11:18)