Gadara
Thermal city of the Decapolis.
Inhabitants or natives
Marius Severus, the Roman officer, Constantius, a bystander, Anna of Ismael, a Family tried by a possessed person whom Jesus frees[1].
Description
"These are the springs. This is the Yarmoc (Yarmouk) and these buildings are the Roman Baths. Further along, there is a beautiful fully paved road leading to Gadara. The alley gives way to a beautiful road. The road becomes an avenue adorned with porticos and fountains and is decorated with squares, each more beautiful than the other. It crosses a similar avenue and there is surely an amphitheater at the end."[2]
Notable events
Jesus gives the discourse on divorce here[3].
Its name
Today Um Qeis.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
EMV 269
EMV 356 EMV 357
Learn more about this place
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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