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Tag: Bethabara

  • 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