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Mat 4:25. Ὄχλοι, multitudes) The plural is used on account of the various places from which they came.-Δεκαπόκεως, from Decapolis)[165] situated on both sides of the Jordan. Samaria is not mentioned in this enumeration.-πέραν, beyond) i.e., ἀπὸ τῆς πέραν-from the country beyond.
[165] The region called Decapolis comprehended the ten cities of Scythopolis: Hippos, Gadara, Dios, Pella, Philadelphia, Gerasa, Canatha, Capitolias, and Abila.-W. Hughes.-(I. B.)