{The country of the Gadarenes} (	en ch(9372)an t(936e) Gadar(886e)(936e)).
This is the correct text in Matthew while in  Mr 5:1  and  Lu
8:26  it is "the country of the Gerasenes." Dr. Thomson
discovered by the lake the ruins of Khersa (Gerasa). This village
is in the district of the city of Gadara some miles southeastward
so that it can be called after Gerasa or Gadara. So Matthew
speaks of "two demoniacs" while Mark and Luke mention only one,
the leading one. "{The tombs}" (	(936e) mn(886d)ei(936e)) were chambers cut
into the mountain side common enough in Palestine then and now.
On the eastern side of the lake the precipitous cliffs are of
limestone formation and full of caves. It is one of the proofs
that one is a maniac that he haunts the tombs. People shunned the
region as dangerous because of the madmen.