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Decapolis

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Decapolis

Ancient Roman league of ten cities in the Middle East on the east side of the upper River Jordan and the lake of Tiberias. It was formed soon after 63 BC, as a means of defence against the neighbouring Bedouins.

The ten cities were Damascus, Philadelphia, Raphana, Scythopolis, Gadara, Hippos, Dion, Pella, Gerasa, and Kanatha. They were linked by good roads and maintained uninterrupted communication with Greece and the Mediterranean ports. They were subject to the Roman governor of Syria.



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In both cases, Luke is clearly stating that among the signs of the arrival of Christ's gospel in a new place (whether the gentile Decapolis or Europe) is first the confession and then the expulsion of powers that enslave the possessed.
Seventh Sunday of Easter: May 20, 2007 by Heider, George C. / Currents in Theology and Mission
The early Christian community that had taken refuge in Pella, a city of the Decapolis beyond the northern border of Israel, in AD 66 (before the first Jewish revolt against the Romans) would certainly have returned to the place from which the first community had arisen, and which was the traditional "seat" of St.
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25) And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.
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