Bethany beyond the Jordan
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Named at John 1:28, which says, “These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing”: John 1:19–28 tells of John’s testimony when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”, and he declared, “I am not the Christ.” It shares its name with another Bethany and is not the same place.
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- JHN 1:19–28, engwebp
19This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”
21They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
22They said therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
24The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
25They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
26John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.
27He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”
28These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Bethany 2” by name and 1 shared verse. The coordinate of its leading identification, Al Maghtas (confidence 320 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event. 1 other identification is listed too.
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- Al Maghtas
OpenBible.info confidence 320 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.83711, 35.5503
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Bethany 2” (CC BY 4.0) - another name for Batanea
OpenBible.info confidence 192 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.85203, 36.19934
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Bethany 2” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (1) — John’s testimony: “I am not the Christ”
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Bethany beyond the Jordan (place-bethany-beyond-jordan) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/bethany-beyond-jordan Current wording: Named at John 1:28, which says, “These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing”: John 1:19–28 tells of John’s testimony when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”, and he declared, “I am not the Christ.” It shares its name with another Bethany and is not the same place. Cited evidence: JHN 1:19–28, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.