# Gerasa

## Ancient names

- Γέρασα (Gerasa): Greek

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678158).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i49f51f.jpg (Alexey Komarov, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Jerash_-_panoramio_(3).jpg).

## Passages

- **Mark 5:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/5/1
- **Luke 8:26** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/8/26
- **Luke 8:37** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/8/37

## Coordinates

32.2723, 35.8914

## Straight-line distances

- **Jerusalem**: about 52 mi (83 km) in a straight line, 4 days on foot

## In the reference maps

- **The Galilee of Jesus**: The places of the Gospels, from Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/galileia-de-jesus

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gerasa
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31565
- Geography: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 (https://www.openbible.info/geo/).
- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).