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They arrived (katepleusan). First aorist active indicative of katapleō, common verb, but here only in the N.T. Literally, they sailed down from the sea to the land, the opposite of launched forth (anēchthēsan) of Luk 8:22. So we today use like nautical terms, to bear up, to bear down.
The Gerasenes (ton Gerasēnōn). This is the correct text here as in Mar 5:1 while Gadarenes is correct in Mat 8:28. See there for explanation of this famous discrepancy, now cleared up by Thomson’s discovery of Khersa (Gersa) on the steep eastern bank and in the vicinity of Gadara.
Over against Galilee (antipera tēs Galilaias). Only here in the N.T. The later Greek form is antiperan (Polybius, etc.). Some MSS. here have peran like Mar 5:1; Mat 8:28.