Gerasa, identified with the modern Khersa, "over against Galilee," close to the lake. This was probably the scene of the miracle, Mr 5:1-20, etc. "From the base of the great plateau of Bashan, 2,000 feet or more overhead, the ground slopes down steeply,
And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. And, when He came out of the boat, straightway there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, read more. who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one could any longer bind him, not even with a chain; because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces, and no one had strength to tame him. And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying, and cutting himself with stones. And, seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped Him; and, crying with a loud voice, he says, "What is there to me and Thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure Thee by God, that Thou torment me not!" For He said to him, "Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man!" And He asked him, "What is your name?" And he says to Him, "My name is Legion, because we are many." And he was beseeching Him much, that He would not send them away out of the country. Now there was there by the mountain a great herd of swine feeding And they besought Him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them." And He permitted them. And, coming out, the unclean spirits entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, about two thousand, and were drowned in the sea. And those feeding the swine fled, and reported it in the city and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass. And they come to Jesus, and behold the demoniac sitting, clothed, and having his right mind??he one who had had the legion, and they were afraid. And those who saw it declared to them how it befell the demoniac, and concerning the swine. And they began to beseech Him to depart from their borders. And, as He was entering into the boat, he that had been a demoniac was beseeching Him, that he might be with Him. And He did not permit him, but saith to him, "Go to your house, to your own people, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for you, and how He had mercy on you." And he went away, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus did for him; and all were wondering.