Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

When

Mark 5:1
And they came over to 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.
Acts 10:38
That God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.

Gergesenes

Genesis 10:16
And the Jebusite, and the Emorite, and the Girgasite,
Genesis 15:21
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Deuteronomy 7:1
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perrizites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

Coming

Mark 5:2
And when he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Luke 8:27
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, who had demons a long time, and wore no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

So

Judges 5:6
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through by-ways.