tombs. Gadara was captured by Vespasian on the first outbreak of the war with the Jews, all its
inhabitants were massacred, and the town itself, with the surrounding villages, was reduced to
ashes.
Gadarenes, Girgesenes, Gerasenes
(These three names are used indiscriminately to designate the place where Jesus healed two
demoniacs. The first two are in the Authorized Version. (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26) In
Gerasenes in place of Gadarenes. The miracle referred to took place, without doubt, near the town
of Gergesa, the modern Kersa, close by the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, and hence in the
country of Gergesenes. But as Gergesa was a small village, and little known, the evangelists, who
wrote for more distant readers, spoke of the event as taking place in the country of the Gadarenes,
so named from its largest city, Gadara; and this country included the country of the Gergesenes as
a state includes a county. The Gerasenes were the people of the district of which Gerasa was the
capital. This city was better known than Gadara or Gergesa; indeed in the Roman age no city of
Palestine was better known. “It became one of the proudest cities of Syria.” It was situated some
30 miles southeast of Gadara, on the borders of Peraea and a little north of the river Jabbok. It is
now called Jerash and is a deserted ruin. The district of the Gerasenes probably included that of
the Gadarenes; so that the demoniac of Gergesa belonged to the country of the Gadarenes and also
to that of the Gerasenes, as the same person may, with equal truth, be said to live in the city or the
state, or in the United States. For those near by the local name would be used; but in writing to a
distant people, as the Greeks and Romans, the more comprehensive and general name would be
given.—ED.)
Gaddi
(fortunate), son of Susi; the Manassite spy sent by Moses to explore Canaan. (Numbers 13:11)
(B.C. 1490.)
Gaddiel
(fortune of God) a Zebulunite, one of the twelve spies. (Numbers 13:10) (B.C. 1490.)
Gadi
A Gadite, father of Menahem a king of Israel. (2 Kings 15:14,17)
Gadites, The
the descendants of Gad, and members of his tribe.
Gaham
(sunburnt), son of Nahor Abraham’s brother, by his concubine Reumah. (Genesis 22:24) (B.C.
about 1900.)
Gahar
(hiding-place) The Bene-Gahar were among the families of Nethinim who returned from the
captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:47; Nehemiah 7:49) (B.C. before 536.)
Gaius
or Cai’us (lord)—
•A Macedonian who accompanied Paul in his travels, and whose life was in danger from the mob
at Ephesus. (Acts 19:29) (A.D. 54.)
•Of Derbe. He went with Paul from Corinth in his last journey to Jerusalem. (Acts 20:4) (A.D. 54.)
•Of Corinth, whom Paul baptized and who was his host in his second journey in that city. ( 1
Corinthians 1:14; Romans 16:23) (These are supposed by some to be only one person.)
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(Frankie)
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