Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

Bible References

When

Mark 5:1
They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.
Luke 8:26
Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
Acts 10:38
You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Gergesenes

Genesis 10:16
and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite
Genesis 15:21
and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.”
Deuteronomy 7:1
When the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you,

Coming

Mark 5:2
When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,
Luke 8:27
And when He came out onto the land, He was met by a man from the city who was possessed with demons; and who had not put on any clothing for a long time, and was not living in a house, but in the tombs.

So

Judges 5:6
“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,
In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted,
And travelers went by roundabout ways.