Gergesa

Gergesa,(32.282N 35.89E) (also Gergasa or the Country of the Gergesenes) is a place on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee located near the modern city of Jerash, Jordan that is described in the New Testament Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke. According to the Gospel of Matthew, in Gergasa Jesus drove Legion or Demons out of two Possessed men and into a herd of pigs. The whole herd of swine subsequently ran into the Sea of Galilee and perished.