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'''<span style="color:green">[[Luke 8]]:26</span>''' “Then they arrived at the country of the '''<span style="color:green">Gadarenes<Ref name="Gadarenes">{{1046}}</Ref></span>''', which is opposite Galilee.”
'''<span style="color:green">[[Luke 8]]:26</span>''' “Then they arrived at the country of the '''<span style="color:green">Gadarenes<Ref name="Gadarenes">{{1046}}</Ref></span>''', which is opposite Galilee.”
In the Textus Receptus it reads “Gergesenes” (“Gergesenon”) in Matthew 8:28 while in Mark 5:1 and Luke 8:26, both have “Gadarenes” (“Gadarenon”).
Why is there a seemingly conflicting accounts?
Both Gergesa and Gadara suggest some places east of the Jordan River and on the eat side of the see of Galilee. 
In [[Matthew 8]] we see "εἰς τὸ πέραν εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν"<Ref>eas tu peran eas tín chóran tón Gadarinón</Ref> which could mean "beyond to the land of the Gadarenes" not referring to specific boundaries of a county as we might think today, but a general region.<Ref name="chora">{{5561}}</Ref> Gergesenes expressed as "the country of the Gergesenes" can represent the people called “Girgashites”.<Ref>Genesis 10:16; Genesis 15:21; Deuteronomy 7:1; Joshua 3:10; Joshua 24:11; 1 Chronicles 1:14; Nehemiah 9:8</Ref>.
In [[Luke 8]]:37 we see "the country" using the word Perichoros<Ref name="Perichoros">{{4066}}</Ref> which would be inclusive of a region.<4066> <0> of the Gadarenes <1046> round about <4066> besought <2065> (5656) him <846> to depart
Gergesa was a city on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus is at the close of Matthew 8.


Gergesa, or גִּרְגָּשִׁי‎ Girgashiy from which the name Gergesenes is taken, is an old town in the area of a lake called Tiberias. It has edge with a steep place which the swine could have fallen from.
Gergesa, or גִּרְגָּשִׁי‎ Girgashiy from which the name Gergesenes is taken, is an old town in the area of a lake called Tiberias. It has edge with a steep place which the swine could have fallen from.

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Demoniac, possesed or influence. Mark 5:1-17, Luke 8:26-37, Matthew 8:28, Matthew 9:1.

Demoniac

As an adjective a demoniac is "Possessed, produced, or influenced by a demon." Therefore, a "demoniac creatures."

Although the term may be someone "resembling, or suggestive of a devil; fiendish" or descriptive of or having "characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish."

The Place

Matthew 8:28 “When he came to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes[1], two demoniacs coming out of the tombs met him.”

Mark 5:1 “They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes[2].”

Luke 8:26 “Then they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes[2], which is opposite Galilee.”


In the Textus Receptus it reads “Gergesenes” (“Gergesenon”) in Matthew 8:28 while in Mark 5:1 and Luke 8:26, both have “Gadarenes” (“Gadarenon”).

Why is there a seemingly conflicting accounts?

Both Gergesa and Gadara suggest some places east of the Jordan River and on the eat side of the see of Galilee.

In Matthew 8 we see "εἰς τὸ πέραν εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν"[3] which could mean "beyond to the land of the Gadarenes" not referring to specific boundaries of a county as we might think today, but a general region.[4] Gergesenes expressed as "the country of the Gergesenes" can represent the people called “Girgashites”.[5].

In Luke 8:37 we see "the country" using the word Perichoros[6] which would be inclusive of a region.<4066> <0> of the Gadarenes <1046> round about <4066> besought <2065> (5656) him <846> to depart

Gergesa was a city on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus is at the close of Matthew 8.

Gergesa, or גִּרְגָּשִׁי‎ Girgashiy from which the name Gergesenes is taken, is an old town in the area of a lake called Tiberias. It has edge with a steep place which the swine could have fallen from.

  1. 1086 Γεργεσηνός Gergesenos [gher-ghes-ay-nos’] of Hebrew origin 01622 גרגשׁים‎; adj; AV-Gergesenes 1; 1 Gergesenes  = "a stranger drawing near"?
    1) also called Gadarenes, is assumed to have been located on the eastern shore of Lake Gennesaret
  2. 2.0 2.1 1046 Γαδαρηνος Gadarenos gad-ar-ay-nos’; from (a town east of the Jordan); a Gadarene or inhabitant of Gadara: —  Gadarene. ‭: 1 Gadarenes = "reward at the end"
    1a also called Gergesenes, was the capital of Peraea, situated opposite the south extremity of the Lake of Gennesaret to the south-east, but at some distance from the lake on the banks of the river Hieromax.
    2 The term Peraea is used by Josephus to denote the district to which the rabbis refer as "the land beyond Jordan." This corresponds to the New Testament phrase peran tou Iordanou (Matthew 4:15; Matthew 19:1)
    2a Under rulership of Hyrcanus the Jews influenced the area but with the death of Herod the Great it became part of the tetrarchy of Antipas (Ant., XVII, vii, 1).
  3. eas tu peran eas tín chóran tón Gadarinón
  4. 5561 χώρα chora [kho’-rah] from a derivative of the base of 5490 chasma from primary chao (to "gape" or "yawn") a gaping opening, a chasm,through the idea of empty expanse; n f; AV-country 15, region 5, land 3, field 2, ground 1, coast 1; 27
    1) the space lying between two places or limits
    2) a region or country i.e. a tract of land
    2a) the (rural) region surrounding a city or village, the country
    2b) the region with towns and villages which surround a metropolis
    3) land which is ploughed or cultivated, ground
    • For Synonyms see entry 5875
  5. Genesis 10:16; Genesis 15:21; Deuteronomy 7:1; Joshua 3:10; Joshua 24:11; 1 Chronicles 1:14; Nehemiah 9:8
  6. 4066 περίχωρος perichoros [per-ikh’-o-ros] from 4012 peri of, for, and about and 5561 chora space or region; adj; AV-region round about 5, country round about 3, country about 1, region that lieth around about 1; 10
    1) lying round about, neighbouring
    1a) the region round about
    1b) the region of Jordan