Region
Decapolis
- Ancient name
- Decapolis
- Modern location
- Parts of northern Jordan, southern Syria and neighboring areas
- Location
- Approximate location
Editorial summary
Crowds from Decapolis followed Jesus. The man healed in the country of the Gadarenes proclaimed in Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and Mark says Jesus later came to the sea of Galilee through the middle of the region of Decapolis.
What happened here
1A deaf man healed
After Jesus came to the sea of Galilee through the region of Decapolis, people brought him a deaf man with a speech impediment. Jesus took him aside, put his fingers into his ears, touched his tongue and told him to be opened, and he heard and spoke clearly. Though told to tell no one, they proclaimed it all the more.
Mark says Jesus left the borders of Tyre and Sidon and came to the sea of Galilee through the middle of the region of Decapolis (Mark 7:31); he does not say exactly where the man was brought to him. Both are marked; the Decapolis marker is a representative point for the region.
People here
1On these journeys
Scripture
Nearby in the atlas
Location certainty
A region, not a single place: the name means ten cities, most of which lay east of the Jordan. The marker is OpenBible.info’s representative point for the region.
- Coordinates
- 32.7167° N, 35.8000° E