=5. Scythopolis= we have already described, page 132. Philadelphia was the name given to the present Ammon by Ptolemy Philadelphus. It is a ruin on the high tableland twenty-three miles east of the Jordan and nearly thirty miles northeast of the Dead Sea. It is the old Rabbath-Ammon, the capital of the Ammonites in the time of Moses, Deut. 3:11. Its ruins are very extensive. =6. Damascus= is yet an important city fifty-five miles east of the Mediterranean coast, situated on an extensive plain bounded on the north by spurs of the Anti-Lebanon range. Excavations seem to show that the greater part of Damascus is built upon ancient ruins of the former city. Its population at present (1890) is supposed to be about 125,000. Hippos, another city of the Decapolis, is supposed to have been upon the south shore of the Sea of Galilee; and Pella, whither many Christians fled just before the destruction of Jerusalem, is about three miles east of the Jordan, up in the hills eighteen miles south of the Sea of Galilee. =Decapolis region.= The four thousand are fed near the lake, Matt. 15:32; Mark 8:1. DALMANUTHA. MAGDALA. =7. Dalmanutha= is the place which Jesus approached on his return from the east of the lake to the west, according to Mark 8:10, after feeding the four thousand. Matthew states that he came into the coasts of Magdala. They must have been in the same vicinity. Magdala is now called Mejdel, the village still being inhabited. It is immediately upon the shore, and a little more than three miles north of Tiberias. But between Mejdel and Tiberias there is a spring and a good landing place with some remains. The place is called Ain el-Fuliyeh, and may have had the above name of Dalmanutha, as the soil is richer than that around and shows evidences of a former settlement. The place seems to have assumed in recent times the name Ain Barideh, “the cold spring.” The boat in crossing evidently landed between these two villages of Dalmanutha and Mejdel. =8. On the shore.= The Pharisees again demand a “sign,” or proof, of his authority, Matt. 16:1; Mark 8:11. The former time is recorded in Matt. 12:38. =Crossing the lake.= He warns his disciples of the leaven against the Pharisees. Matt. 16:6; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:1 may refer to this time or may have been on another occasion. =Bethsaida (Julias).= The blind man healed, Mark 8:22. =Near Cæsarea-Philippi.= Jesus foretells his death. The transfiguration takes place. He heals immediately afterward a demoniac whom his disciples could not heal, Matt. 16:21; 17:14; Mark 8:31; 9:17; Luke 9:38. =9. Passing through Galilee to Capernaum.= He foretells his death and resurrection the second time, Matt. 17:22; Mark 9:31; Luke 9:44. =Capernaum.= The tribute money taken from the fish, Matt. 17:24. The seventy are sent out after they had received the lesson upon humility, Matt. 18:1; Mark 9. JESUS GOES UP TO THE FEAST OF THE TABERNACLES.