Jordan in the Bible

Meaning: the river of judgment

Exact Match

Now it was the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler of the regions of Ituraea and Trachonitus [Note: These two men were sons of Herod the Great (See Matt. 2:1) and ruled over provinces east of the Jordan River] and Lysanias was ruler of Abilene [Note: This was a province just north of the two previously mentioned ones].

Verse ConceptsCaesarGovernorsLeaders, PoliticalRankTetrarchRoman EmperorsRulers Of A FourthNamed Gentile Rulers

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Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.


and confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

And all the land of Judea, and the people from Jerusalem, went out to him and they were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
















Then he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb,





















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