Healings at Sunset in Capernaum

At sunset, the town gathers and many are made well.

As evening falls, the sick are brought in large numbers. Jesus meets the surge of need with direct compassion - laying hands on individuals and healing many with various diseases as the city presses to the door.

Scripture

Matthew 8:16-17 Mark 1:32-34 Luke 4:40-41
Matthew 8:16-17

16 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."

Mark 1:32-34

32 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.

33 All the city was gathered together at the door.

34 He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Luke 4:40-41

40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

41 Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

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