Matthew 8:28

Verses 28-34. The same account of the demoniacs substantially is found in Mr 5:1-20; and Lu 8:26-39. Verse 28. The other side. The other side of the sea of Tiberias. Country of the Gergesenes. Mr 5:1 says, that he came into the country of the Gadarenes. This difference is only apparent. Gadara was a city not far from the lake Gennesareth; one of the ten cities that were called Decapolis. See Barnes "Mt 4:25". Gergesa was a city about twelve miles to the south-east of Gadara, and about twenty miles to the east of the Jordan. There is no contradiction, therefore, in the evangelists. He came into the region in which the two cities were situated, and one mentioned one, and the other another.