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Bethabara , place, on the Jordan, traditionally located at a ford just above the Dead Sea, where in the New Testament John was baptizing when Jesus came to him. RSV: Bethany, following some ancient texts.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Bethabara. According to Jn. 1: 28 (AV) the place where John the Baptist baptized, and thus presumably the site of Christ's Baptism. Many important MSS, followed by the RV, read ‘Bethany beyond Jordan’ at this point.

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Bethabara The scene of John's baptisms (John 1: 28) as given in inferior MSS followed by AV. All English translations from RV prefer the more likely reading ‘Bethany across the Jordan’, i.e. not the village of that name near Jerusalem.

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