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.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of JesusStock Keeping

And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.

Thematic Bible



Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan followed him.

So the man left and began proclaiming in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was utterly amazed.

Then Jesus left the territory of Tyre and passed through Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the territory of the Decapolis.


References

Hastings

American

Fausets

Morish

Watsons

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