Jesus moves to a new city. Capernaum is north of Jesus's home in Nazareth. It is the opposite direction from Jerusalem which is His ultimate goal. Why move farther away from Jerusalem? I won't give everything away, but Capernaum is on the "borderlands" of Israel. Attitudes and lifestyles are different on the borderlands. The people on the borderlands see the world differently than those in the heartland of a nation. That is exactly why Jesus made the move that He did. As He establishes the Kingdom of God on earth He moves to a city that is strategic in its impact on the rest of the world.