Capernaum was a fishing village. It was also the family home of the two brothers, Simon and Andrew, new disciples of Jesus. Jesus later gave Simon the nickname “Peter” which is how we know him today. Here we read that Jesus has just finished healing a demon-possessed man in the synagogue. As soon as the synagogue service had finished, Jesus went to the house of Simon and Andrew. Here Simon’s mother-in-law was sick with a fever. In those days, without antibiotics and modern medicines, the illnesses that are often only a nuisance to us, would kill many people. So, this fever was a serious thing.…