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Jerash
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Jerash (jĕr`ăsh), ancient city: see Gerasa Gerasa , Gerash, or Jerash , ancient city of the Decapolis, 22 mi (35 km) N of Amman, in present-day Jordan. According to Josephus it was captured (83 B.C.
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The incident of exorcism with which it begins recalls earlier encounters with the demonic, above all Jesus' cleansing of the Gerasene demoniac in Luke 8:26ff.
Seventh Sunday of Easter: May 20, 2007 by Heider, George C. / Currents in Theology and Mission
When we read the pitiful descriptions of the Gerasene demoniac, once bound in chains and now residing among the tombs, screaming about the legion inside of him, it's hard not to think of mentally ill people we've seen wandering city streets, shrieking out their madness inconsolably.
Whatever possessed us? We all have our inner demons to face, it's ... by Camille, Alice / U.S. Catholic
The Gerasene demoniac is similarily trapped in a place of death in Luke's gospel.
From death to life by Bruzzese, Michaela / Sojourners
 
 
 
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