Bible Holy Lands in Photos, Scripture, and Commentary

See and learn about the Holy Lands of the Bible. New sites will be added every week. See the famous and off the beaten track sites referenced in the Bible.

Tag: Baptism

  • The Jordan River

    Dennis

    The Jordan is famous for being the site of events in the Old and New Testaments. I will review the major events below. Today it demarcates a large segment of the border between the countries of Israel and Jordan. (Incidentally, the modern political chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” refers Read more

  • Jesus Christ’s Baptism at Bethabara Beyond Jordan

    Dennis

    Bethabara (Hebrew word meaning place of fording/crossing) has been identified through geographical references and by the Byzantines who built a church and baptism place across the Jordan river from Judea in what is today the country of Jordan. The site is where a spring flowed into the Jordan River. Many pilgrims came here to be Read more