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# Connecting Statement:
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Here the author returns to the theme of Jesus healing people. This begins an account of Jesus healing two demon-possessed men.
# to the other side
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"to the other side of the Sea of Galilee"
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# country of the Gadarenes
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The Gadarenes were named after the town of Gadara. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# two men who were possessed by demons
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "two men whom demons possessed" or "two men whom demons were controlling" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# They ... were very violent, so that no traveler could pass that way
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The demons that were controlling these two men were so dangerous that no one could go through that area.
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