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Blessed Augustine of Hippo

On the Paralytic Let Down Through the Roof (Matthew 9:1–8)

But as it is, all Galilee might be called Christ's city, because Nazareth was in Galilee; just as all the Roman empire, divided into many states, was still called the Roman city. Who can doubt then that the Lord in coming to Galilee is rightly said to come into "his own city," whatever was the town in which He abode, especially since Capharnaum was exalted into the metropolis of Galilee?

English: Catena Aurea, ed. J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841–45) · public domain