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John Gill's Exposition on Luke 8:26

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, etc.] In (<400828>Matthew 8:28) it is called the country of the Gergesenes,as it is here, in the Arabic and Ethiopic versions; and “of the Gerasenes”, in the Vulgate Latin; but the Syriac and Persic versions read, “of the Gadarenes”, as in (<410501>Mark 5:1). which is over against Galilee: from whence the ship launched, and Christ and his disciples came.
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