Decapolis (sources)

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Survey of ancient sources on Decapolis.

Overview

Christian sources

Gospel of Mark

Mark 5:20 -- And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.

Mark 7:31 -- Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.

Gospel of Matthew

Matthew 4:25 -- And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.