Difference between revisions of "Perea"

<p> [[Running]] down the eastern side of the [[Jordan]] River and the [[Dead]] Sea was a narrow strip of territory that in New [[Testament]] times was known as Perea. It was part of the tableland area that originally belonged to Ammon and Moab, but after Israel’s conquest was occupied by the tribes of East Manasseh, [[Gad]] and Reuben. The region in general was popularly called Gilead (see [[Ammon]] ; [[Gilead]] ; [[Moab]] ). </p> <p> In New Testament times [[Perea]] was occupied mainly by Jews. For this reason [[Jews]] travelling between [[Judea]] and [[Galilee]] often detoured across Jordan and through Perea, rather than go through the territory of the Samaritans. Jews commonly referred to the area as ‘beyond Jordan’ (&nbsp;Matthew 4:25; &nbsp;John 3:26). </p> <p> Jesus at times visited Perea (&nbsp;Matthew 19:1; &nbsp;John 1:28; &nbsp;John 10:40). He also visited neighbouring Decapolis, the other region that bordered Jordan’s east bank (&nbsp;Matthew 4:25). (For a map showing the two regions see [[Decapolis]] .) </p>