:TEXT: "to the country of the Gerasenes." : S* B D lat vg cop(south) : ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: "to the country of the Gergesenes." : Sc L Delta Theta f1 28 33 565 700 892 1241 Lect syr(s) syr(h)margin cop(north) : RSVn NIVnNOTES: "to the country of the Gadarenes." : A C K Pi f13 1010 Byz syr(p,h) : KJV RSVn NIVn : Gerasa, Gadara, and Gergesa were all cities of the region called Decapolis, so each reading would refer to the same country. It seems most likely that "Gerasenes" was original here and in Luke 8:26; Luke 8:37, while "Gadarenes" was original in Matthew 8:28. The reading "Gergesenes" seems to have been proposed by Origen, and added to manuscripts under his influence.