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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At that very time Jesus was on his way from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

It was at that time that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan;


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

and all the land of Judea, and all the people of Jerusalem, kept going out to him, and were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.
















And he showed me the river of the Water of Life, clear as crystal, Flowing out from the throne of God, and of the Lamb,





















References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Watsons