Decapolis

A written article for Decapolis is still to come. Below and alongside: where Decapolis appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Decapolis

Original word

  • Δεκάπολις decapolis
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Where Decapolis appears in Scripture

Matthew 4

καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ Δεκαπόλεως καὶ Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ Ἰουδαίας καὶ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου
25
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

Mark 5

καὶ ἀπῆλθεν καὶ ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν ἐν τῇ Δεκαπόλει ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ πάντες ἐθαύμαζον
20
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

Mark 7

Καὶ πάλιν ἐξελθὼν ἐκ τῶν ὁρίων Τύρου Καὶ Σιδῶνος ἦλθεν πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὁρίων Δεκαπόλεως
31
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.