Decapolis in the Bible

Meaning: containing ten cities

Exact Match

[Upon seeing this happen] the men who were tending the herd ran away and went into the town [i.e., of Gadara, one of ten towns making up the province of Decapolis], and told the people everything, [including] what had happened to the men dominated by evil spirits.

And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

Thematic Bible



Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.

Again, leaving the region of Tyre, He went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis.


References

Hastings

American

Fausets

Morish

Watsons

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