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Gerasa

Decapolis · New Testament · 1 verse

A city of the Decapolis east of the Jordan, its name given to the surrounding region of the Gerasenes. The name appears in Matthew in the King James text.

About Gerasa

A city of the Decapolis east of the Jordan, its name given to the surrounding region of the Gerasenes.

Its place in the story

The country of the Gerasenes is named in the accounts of Jesus casting out a legion of demons. It lay in the largely Gentile territory east of the Sea of Galilee.

Gerasa in Scripture (KJV)

“And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.”

Where it leads

In the region of the Gerasenes Jesus delivered a man tormented by many demons.

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Where is Gerasa in the Bible?

A city of the Decapolis east of the Jordan, its name given to the surrounding region of the Gerasenes. The name appears in Matthew in the King James text.

What happened at Gerasa?

The country of the Gerasenes is named in the accounts of Jesus casting out a legion of demons. It lay in the largely Gentile territory east of the Sea of Galilee.

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