Decapolis

Modern identification

Hippos/Sussita as regional representative · East of Sea of Galilee

Coordinates

32.7800, 35.6600

Decapolis was a league/region, not one point. Hippos is used as a representative city near the Gospel route.

What happened at Decapolis

1. The third withdrawal north through Phoenicia and east towards hermon and south into Decapolis (keeping out of the territory of Herod antipas) with the healing of the deaf and dumb man and the feeding of the four thousand

   Mark 7:31-8:9; Matthew 15:29-38

   A multi-region route from Phoenicia toward Decapolis; Hippos is only a Decapolis representative point. Decapolis was a league/region, not one point. Hippos is used as a representative city near the Gospel route.