Decapolis
Ten Greek cities east of the Jordan — Gentile territory
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A league of ten Greco-Roman cities east of the Sea of Galilee and Jordan River. Mostly Gentile population. Jesus healed the demon-possessed man here and sent him to tell his story. The man's testimony spread through the whole region.
Chapters Mentioning Decapolis
Mark
The Day Nobody Could Look Away
Three stories collide in one chapter — a man possessed by a legion of demons, a woman who spent everything she had on doctors, and a father watching his daughter die. Each one came to Jesus with nothing left. Each one left completely different.
Mark
What Actually Makes You Clean
Jesus takes on the religious establishment's obsession with looking clean on the outside, drops a bombshell about what really defiles a person, then has a conversation with a foreign woman that nobody saw coming — and heals a man who couldn't hear or speak.
Matthew
The Test Before the Mission
Jesus goes head-to-head with the devil in the wilderness, launches his public ministry in an overlooked region, calls his first followers right off a fishing boat, and starts a movement that spreads faster than anyone expected.
Matthew
The Sermon That Rewrote Everything
Jesus goes up a mountain and delivers the most famous sermon in history. He redefines who's actually blessed, tells his followers they're already salt and light, then raises the bar on everything from anger to love.
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