Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Gerasa?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jerash.

First appears in Mark 5:1 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerash.

Gerasa is represented in the local geography layer as Jerash. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Mark 5:1 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jericho

About 61 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 64 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 65 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 65 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 73 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Gerasa today

Travel to Gerasa, the modern-day Jerash.

Gerasa is commonly identified with Jerash, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Gerasa is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Jerash

32.272°N · 35.891°E

Key passages

Appears in

Luke

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Mark

1 chapter · 1 verse mention