Bible Cross References
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
Matthew 8:28-34
28
And when He came to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, [there] met Him two demon-possessed [men], coming out of the tombs, very violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.
29
And suddenly they cried out, saying, "What have we to do with You, Jesus, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?"
30
Now there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
31
So the demons implored Him, saying, "If You cast us out, permit us to go off into the herd of swine."
32
And He said to them, "Go." So they came out, and went off into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine rushed violently down the steep bank into the sea, and died in the waters.
33
Then those who tended them fled; and going off into the city, they reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed [men].
34
And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And seeing Him, they implored Him that He might go away from their region.
Gergesenes
Mark 5:1-20
1
Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes.
2
And when He got out of the boat, immediately there met Him from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
3
who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one could bind him, not even with chains,
4
because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the shackles had been broken, and no one was able to subdue him.
5
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and bruising himself with stones.
6
But seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran and worshipped Him,
7
and crying out with a great voice he said, "What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure You by God, do not torment me!"
8
For He was saying to him, "Come out from the man, unclean spirit!"
9
And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion; for we are many."
10
And he was imploring Him many [times] that He would not send them out of the region.
11
Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there near the mountain.
12
So all the demons implored Him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter them."
13
And immediately Jesus gave them permission. And when the unclean spirits came out, they entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, (there were about two thousand) and drowned in the sea.
14
But those feeding the pigs fled, and they reported it in the city and in the country. And they came out to see what it was that had happened.
15
Then they came to Jesus, and observed him who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and having been clothed and being of sound mind, and they were afraid.
16
And those who saw it related to them how it happened to him who had been demon-possessed, and about the pigs.
17
Then they began to implore Him to go away from their region.
18
And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed implored Him that he might be with Him.
19
But Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, "Go home to your own family, and report to them all the things that the Lord has done for you, and how He had compassion on you."
20
And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all the things Jesus did for him; and all were marveling.