Gadara
Thermal city of the Decapolis.
Inhabitants or natives[edit | edit source]
Marius Severus, the Roman officer, Constantius, a bystander, Anna of Ismael, a family tried by a possessed person whom Jesus frees.[1]
Description[edit | edit source]
"It’s the springs. That is the Yarmuk and those buildings are the Roman Thermae. Beyond them there is a beautiful paved road that takes one to Gadara. Romans like to travel in comfort. Gadara is beautiful! [...] The little street becomes a beautiful one, adorned with porches and fountains. And it is embellished with beautiful squares: each one being more beautiful than the others. It crosses another main street, which is just as beautiful, and at the end of it there is an amphitheatre."[2]
Notable events[edit | edit source]
Jesus gives the discourse on divorce here.[3]
Its name[edit | edit source]
Today Um Qeis.
Where is it mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]
GRM 269
GRM 356 GRM 357
Learn more about this place[edit | edit source]
One of the cities of the Decapolis. The Gadara subdistrict extended 10 km southeast of the Sea of Galilee. The city is established on a hill, near sulfurous thermal hot springs on the edge of the Yarmouk. They were used to heal pains. Today, some remains, including those of a theater, an aqueduct, and thermal installations, survive from the Greco-Roman city.
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