of a fever . According to and , this is also the place where Jesus healed the servant of a Roman centurion who had asked for his help. Capernaum is the location of the healing of the paralytic lowered by friends through the roof to reach Jesus, as described in and .

In the town is referred to only as "his own city", and the narrative in does not mention the paralytic being lowered through the roof. Most traditional biblical commentators