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the country of the Gadarenes

거라사인의 지방

The region Mark 5:1 names as where Jesus came, across the sea: the country of the Gadarenes in WEB, 거라사인의 지방 (the country of the Gerasenes) in the Korean Revised Version. At 5:2–17 a man with an unclean spirit meets Jesus there out of the tombs, and the people beg Jesus to depart from their region. This collection does not decide whether it is the region Matthew 8:28 names (가다라 지방 in the Korean Revised Version, the country of the Gergesenes in WEB). Luke 8:26–27 calls the place where Jesus arrived and stepped ashore the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee; the Korean Revised Version writes 거라사인의 땅. At 8:27–37 a man who had demons meets Jesus there; the demons come out of the man and enter into a herd of pigs, which rushes down the steep bank into the lake and is drowned, and all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes ask Jesus to depart from them, for they are very much afraid.

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LUK 8:26–39, engwebp
²⁶Then they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.
²⁷When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn’t live in a house, but in the tombs.
²⁸When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”
²⁹For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
³⁰Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
³¹They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
³²Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. Then he allowed them.
³³The demons came out of the man and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
³⁴When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.
³⁵People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
³⁶Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.
³⁷All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.
³⁸But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
³⁹“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
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MRK 5:1–20, engwebp
¹They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
²When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
³He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
⁴because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
⁵Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
⁶When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
⁷and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”
⁸For he said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
⁹He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
¹⁰He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
¹¹Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.
¹²All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.”
¹³At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
¹⁴Those who fed the pigs fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.
¹⁵They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.
¹⁶Those who saw it declared to them what happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.
¹⁷They began to beg him to depart from their region.
¹⁸As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
¹⁹He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and how he had mercy on you.”
²⁰He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
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Unresolved interpretation: The country of Mark 5:1 and the country of Matthew 8:28

Mark 5:1 names the place across the sea where Jesus arrives 거라사인의 지방 (the Gerasenes) in the Korean Revised Version and the country of the Gadarenes in WEB. One man with an unclean spirit meets him there, out of the tombs.
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- MRK 5:1–20, engwebp
  ¹They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
  ²When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
  ³He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
  ⁴because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
  ⁵Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
  ⁶When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
  ⁷and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”
  ⁸For he said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
  ⁹He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
  ¹⁰He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
  ¹¹Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.
  ¹²All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.”
  ¹³At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
  ¹⁴Those who fed the pigs fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.
  ¹⁵They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.
  ¹⁶Those who saw it declared to them what happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.
  ¹⁷They began to beg him to depart from their region.
  ¹⁸As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
  ¹⁹He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and how he had mercy on you.”
  ²⁰He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
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Matthew 8:28 names the place on the other side where Jesus arrives 가다라 지방 (Gadara) in the Korean Revised Version and the country of the Gergesenes in WEB. Two people possessed by demons meet him there, coming out of the tombs.
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- MAT 8:28–34, engwebp
  ²⁸When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
  ²⁹Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
  ³⁰Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
  ³¹The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
  ³²He said to them, “Go!” They came out and went into the herd of pigs; and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea and died in the water.
  ³³Those who fed them fled and went away into the city and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.
  ³⁴Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.
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Mark 5:1 and Matthew 8:28 give different names, and the two editions cross between them: WEB’s Mark and the Korean Revised Version’s Matthew both say Gadara. This collection records the two entries apart and does not decide whether they are the same place.

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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Gerasa” by name and 3 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Jerash (confidence 1000 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.

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Jerash
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.27228, 35.8914
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Gerasa” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (2) — The man with an unclean spirit in the country of the Gadarenes, The man with demons, in the country of the Gadarenes

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Mark 5:1 Open that verse

They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

Luke 8:26 Open that verse

Then they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

Luke 8:37 Open that verse

All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.

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Entry: the country of the Gadarenes (place-gerasenes)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/gerasenes
Current wording: The region Mark 5:1 names as where Jesus came, across the sea: the country of the Gadarenes in WEB, 거라사인의 지방 (the country of the Gerasenes) in the Korean Revised Version. At 5:2–17 a man with an unclean spirit meets Jesus there out of the tombs, and the people beg Jesus to depart from their region. This collection does not decide whether it is the region Matthew 8:28 names (가다라 지방 in the Korean Revised Version, the country of the Gergesenes in WEB). Luke 8:26–27 calls the place where Jesus arrived and stepped ashore the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee; the Korean Revised Version writes 거라사인의 땅. At 8:27–37 a man who had demons meets Jesus there; the demons come out of the man and enter into a herd of pigs, which rushes down the steep bank into the lake and is drowned, and all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes ask Jesus to depart from them, for they are very much afraid.
Cited evidence: LUK 8:26–39, engwebp / MRK 5:1–20, engwebp
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