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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3257498, member: 87200"]Not those two cities...here's more</p><p><br /></p><p>The New Testament gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke mention that the Decapolis region was a location of the ministry of Jesus. According to Matthew 4:23-25 the Decapolis was one of the areas from which Jesus drew his multitude of disciples, attracted by his "healing all kinds of sickness". The Decapolis was one of the few regions where Jesus travelled in which Gentiles were in the majority: most of Jesus' ministry focused on teaching to Jews. Mark 5:1-10 emphasizes the Decapolis' gentile character when Jesus encounters a herd of pigs, an animal forbidden by Kashrut, the Jewish dietary laws. A demon-possessed man healed by Jesus in this passage asked to be included among the disciples who traveled with Jesus but he was refused and instructed to remain in the Decapolis region.</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>Gerasa (Jerash) in Jordan</li> <li>Scythopolis (Beth-Shean) in Israel, the only city west of the Jordan River</li> <li>Hippos (also Hippus or Sussita; Al-Husn in Arabic) on the Golan Heights</li> <li>Gadara (Umm Qais) in Jordan</li> <li>Pella (west of Irbid) in Jordan</li> <li>Philadelphia, modern day Amman, the capital of Jordan</li> <li>Capitolias, also Dion, probably Beit Ras or possibly Al Husn, both in Jordan</li> <li>Canatha (Qanawat) in Syria</li> <li>Raphana, usually identified with Abila in Jordan</li> <li>Damascus, the capital of modern Syria [2]</li> </ol><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3257498, member: 87200"]Not those two cities...here's more The New Testament gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke mention that the Decapolis region was a location of the ministry of Jesus. According to Matthew 4:23-25 the Decapolis was one of the areas from which Jesus drew his multitude of disciples, attracted by his "healing all kinds of sickness". The Decapolis was one of the few regions where Jesus travelled in which Gentiles were in the majority: most of Jesus' ministry focused on teaching to Jews. Mark 5:1-10 emphasizes the Decapolis' gentile character when Jesus encounters a herd of pigs, an animal forbidden by Kashrut, the Jewish dietary laws. A demon-possessed man healed by Jesus in this passage asked to be included among the disciples who traveled with Jesus but he was refused and instructed to remain in the Decapolis region. [LIST=1] [*]Gerasa (Jerash) in Jordan [*]Scythopolis (Beth-Shean) in Israel, the only city west of the Jordan River [*]Hippos (also Hippus or Sussita; Al-Husn in Arabic) on the Golan Heights [*]Gadara (Umm Qais) in Jordan [*]Pella (west of Irbid) in Jordan [*]Philadelphia, modern day Amman, the capital of Jordan [*]Capitolias, also Dion, probably Beit Ras or possibly Al Husn, both in Jordan [*]Canatha (Qanawat) in Syria [*]Raphana, usually identified with Abila in Jordan [*]Damascus, the capital of modern Syria [2] [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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