Bethany Beyond Jordan
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"Bethany beyond the Jordan" (John 1:28 ); the King James Version Bethabara; Bethabara, a reading against the majority of the manuscripts, supported by Origen on geographical grounds): No such place is known. Grove suggested that the place intended is BETH-NIMRAH (which see), the modern Tell nimrin, a singularly suitable place, but hard to fit in with (John 1:28 ); compare (John 2:1 ). The traditional site is the ford East of Jericho.
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Bethabara
house of the ford, a place on the east bank of the Jordan, where John was baptizing (John 1:28 ). It may be identical with Bethbarah, the ancient ford of Jordan of which the men of Ephraim took possession (Judg 7:24 ). The Revised Version reads "Bethany beyond Jordan." It was the great ford, and still bears the name of "the ford," Makhadhet 'Abarah, "the ford of crossing over," about 25 miles from Nazareth. (See BETH-BARAH)
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