Is the city of Pella mentioned in the Bible?

Yes, the city of Pella is not mentioned by name in the canonical Bible, but it is significant in early Christian tradition linked to the Bible. Pella was an ancient city in the Decapolis, a league of ten Greco-Roman cities mentioned in the New Testament in Matthew 4:25, Mark 5:20, and Mark 7:31. While Pella itself is not named in those verses, it was one of the ten cities of the Decapolis. More importantly, according to early church historians Eusebius and Epiphanius, Pella is famous in Christian history as the city where Jewish Christians fled from Jerusalem before its destruction in 70 AD. They recorded that Christians received a divine warning to leave Jerusalem and fled to Pella in Perea, in modern Jordan, beyond the Jordan River, thereby escaping the Roman siege. This flight to Pella is considered a fulfillment of Jesus' prophecy in Matthew 24:16 to flee to the mountains. So while the name Pella does not appear in the standard 66 books of the Bible, it is mentioned in early Christian writings about biblical events and is historically tied to the Decapolis region mentioned in the Gospels. The Pella in Jordan should not be confused with Pella in Macedonia, birthplace of Alexander the Great.

Yes, the city of Pella is mentioned in the Bible indirectly through historical and geographical context, though not by name in canonical Old or New Testament texts, but it is significant in early Christian history and tradition as a city of refuge mentioned by early Church Fathers, and is part of the Decapolis mentioned in the New Testament. The Decapolis, meaning Ten Cities, was a league of ten Hellenistic cities in eastern Palestine and Syria, including Damascus, Gadara, Gerasa, and Pella, mentioned in Matthew 4:25, Mark 5:20, and Mark 7:31, where Jesus's fame spread to Decapolis and he traveled through Decapolis region, so Pella as one of Decapolis cities is included in that grouping, though not named individually in those verses. Early Christian historian Eusebius of Caesarea, writing in 4th century, recorded that before destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, Christians in Jerusalem were warned by prophecy to flee to Pella, a city in Perea beyond Jordan, which they did, making Pella important as refuge for early Jerusalem church, mentioned in Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History Book 3, Chapter 5. So Pella is not named explicitly in Bible text itself, but is part of Decapolis mentioned in Gospels and is prominently mentioned in early Christian writings about Bible times as city where Christians fled, and some Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias list Pella as Decapolis city. The Pella in Jordan, part of Decapolis, is different from Pella in Greece birthplace of Alexander, but shares name, with Jordan Pella being the one in biblical region.