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Gadarenes

Town · also Gerasa

Location disputed Kursi: about 120 km (75 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Kursi Possible
  • Jerash Well established

Gadarenes in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 3 Verses

  • Mark 5:1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
  • Luke 8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
  • Luke 8:37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

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