Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Gerasa Today?

Gerasa is identified with Jerash. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs3

High confidence

Modern identification

Jerash - modern identification under review

Coordinates32.2723, 35.8914
Kindsettlement
Claims3
Sources2

Scripture anchors

Mark 5:1Luke 8:26Luke 8:37

Why this place is in the atlas

Gerasa is a biblical place imported into Sacred Atlas from OpenBible.info with 3 Scripture references attached for review.

Claim ledger

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: ada6b64, urlSlug: gerasa, friendlyId: Gerasa OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 32.272281, longitude: 35.891397, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
scriptureReferences Mark 5:1, Luke 8:26, Luke 8:37 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High