Mat 8:28-34 | TSK | e4.org | when ; ; Gergesenes Some are of opinion that Gergasa was the country of the ancient Girgashites; but it is more probable the Gergesenes was introduced by Origen upon mere conjecture; as before him most copies seem to have read Gadarenes, agreeable to the Parallel Passages and the ancient Syriac version. Gadara, says Josephus, was the metropolis of Peraea, or the region beyond Jordan; and he also observes that it was sixty furlongs, or about eight miles from Tiberias. It is therefore rightly placed opposite Tiberias, at the southeast end of the lake. Pliny says it was called Hippodion, was one of the cities of Decapolis, and had the river Hieromax, or Jarmouk, flowing before it. It was of heathen jurisdiction; whence perhaps it was destroyed by the Jews; but was rebuilt by Pompey, and joined to the province of Syria. Augustus afterwards gave it to Herod, on whose death it was again annexed to Syria. It is now called Om Keis; its ruins are in a very mutilated state, and when visited by Burckhardt it had not a single inhabitant. The remains of the sepulchral caverns in which the demoniacs abode are still to be seen. , ; coming ; , so

‏ Matthew 8:28-34

when Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39; Acts 10:38

Gergesenes Some are of opinion that Gergasa was the country of the ancient Girgashites; but it is more probable the Gergesenes was introduced by Origen upon mere conjecture; as before him most copies seem to have read Gadarenes, agreeable to the Parallel Passages and the ancient Syriac version. Gadara, says Josephus, was the metropolis of Peraea, or the region beyond Jordan; and he also observes that it was sixty furlongs, or about eight miles from Tiberias. It is therefore rightly placed opposite Tiberias, at the southeast end of the lake. Pliny says it was called Hippodion, was one of the cities of Decapolis, and had the river Hieromax, or Jarmouk, flowing before it. It was of heathen jurisdiction; whence perhaps it was destroyed by the Jews; but was rebuilt by Pompey, and joined to the province of Syria. Augustus afterwards gave it to Herod, on whose death it was again annexed to Syria. It is now called Om Keis; its ruins are in a very mutilated state, and when visited by Burckhardt it had not a single inhabitant. The remains of the sepulchral caverns in which the demoniacs abode are still to be seen. Gen 10:16, Gen 15:21; Deut 7:1

coming Mark 5:2-5; Luke 8:27, Luke 8:29

so Judg 5:6

What 2Sam 16:10, 2Sam 19:22; Joel 3:4; Mark 1:24, Mark 5:7; Luke 4:34, Luke 8:28; John 2:4

thou Son Matt 4:3; Mark 3:11; Luke 4:41; Acts 16:17; Jas 2:19

torment 2Pet 2:4; Jude 1:6

an Lev 11:7; Deut 14:8; Isa 65:3-4, Isa 66:3; Mark 5:11; Luke 8:32, Luke 15:15-16

Mark 5:7, Mark 5:12; Luke 8:30-33; Rev 12:12, Rev 20:1-2

Go 1Kgs 22:22; Job 1:10-12, Job 2:3-6; Acts 2:23, Acts 4:28; Rev 20:7

the whole Job 1:13-19, Job 2:7-8; Mark 5:13; Luke 8:33

Mark 5:14-16; Luke 8:34-36; Acts 19:15-17

they besought Matt 8:29; Deut 5:25; 1Sam 16:4; 1Kgs 17:18, 1Kgs 18:17; Job 21:14, Job 22:17; Mark 5:17-18; Luke 5:8, Luke 8:28, Luke 8:37-39; Acts 16:39