Decapolis in the Bible
At a glance
- Name: Decapolis
- Classification: Place
- Testament: New Testament
- Verse mentions: 3
- Books: 2
- Chapters: 3
Description
Decapolis refers to a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire, mentioned in Matthew 4:25 and Mark 5:20. These cities were centers of Greek and Roman culture in the region.
KJV Bible references
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
