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Decapolis

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: D

By: James P. Boyd

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(ten cities). A Roman province embracing parts of Syria and Palestine (Matt. 4:25²⁵And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan. (Matthew 4:25); Mark 5:20; 7:31²⁰And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. (Mark 5:20)
³¹And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. (Mark 7:31)).

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