Matthew 4:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And leaving Nazareth— Namely, when they had wholly rejected his word, and even attempted to kill him. See Luke 4:29 and for an explanation of the next verses, the note on Isaiah 9:1-2 and Mede's works, p. 101, 102. Christ chose Capernaum for the place of his residence, as being a large city, and where he was likely to bring numbers of people to the knowledge of his Gospel. See chap. Matthew 11:23. For an account of the lake of Gennesareth, and the fruitfulness of the neighbouring country, see Josephus, Jewish War, b. iii. c. 18.