GGergesa

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Palestine in the days of Christ

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01 Mediterranean Sea 02 Sea of Galilee 03 Nazareth 04 Mt Carmel 05 Judea 06 Sychar 07 Idumea 08 Bethlehem 09 Wise men – East 10 Egypt 11 Galilee 12 Jerusalem 12 Jordan 14 Betharabah 15 Cana 15 Capernaum 17 Gennesaret 18 Dalmanutha 19 Nain

20 Gergesa 21 Bethsaida 22 Phoenicia 23 Tyre 24 Sidon 25 Decapolis 26 Caesarea Philippi 27 Mt Hermon 28 Samaria 29 Jericho 30 Bethphage 31 Bethany 32 Gethsemane 33 Cyrene 34 Arimathea 35 Golgotha 36 Emmaus 37 Mt Olives 38 Dead Sea

Where are these places ?

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Palestine Region

Nazareth .Mt Carmel .

Bethlehem .

Wise men – East

Jerusalem .

Egypt

JUDEA

Jord

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GALILEE . Bethsaida

Gennesaret .ID

UMEA

Tyre .Sidon .

DECAPOLIS

Jericho .Bethphage .Arimathea .

. Bethany. Betharabah

Cana . . Nain

. Gergesa

. Mt Hermon

Samaria .

.Sea of GalileeDalmanutha .Capernaum .Mediterranean Sea

. Emmaus

JerusalemGethsemane

GolgothaMt Olives

Sychar .De

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. Caesarea Philippi PHOEN

ICIA

Gergesa

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Gergesa: Not much is known about this city. It was in the country of the Gergesenes that Jesus cast two devils into a herd of swine, which

then ran into the sea.

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Gergesa

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Nothing today

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Matthew 8:18 18 And when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave a command to depart to the other side.

Mark 4:35 35 On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side."

Luke 8:22 22 Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." And they launched out.

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Matthew 8:28 When He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two demon-possessed men, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way.

Just no other information on this location or town