Jordan in the Bible
Meaning: the river of judgment
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Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan were going out to him,
and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River [as they] confessed their sins.
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John in order to be baptized by him.
"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, {toward the sea}, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles--
about Jordan, Galilee of the gentiles, the people that sat in darkness, saw a great light, and to them, who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up."
And large crowds followed him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from the other side of the Jordan.
When Jesus finished saying this he moved from Galilee and went to the territory of Judaea that lies across the Jordan.
And all the land of Jewry, and they of Jerusalem went out unto him, and were all baptised of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth, a city of Galilee, and was baptised of John in Jordan.
and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan: and they that dwelled about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude: which when they had heard what things he did, came unto him.
But the man went away and began telling people throughout Decapolis about all of the great things Jesus had done for him. [Note: "Decapolis" means "ten cities" and was a region located east of the Jordan River].
And he rose from thence, and went into the coasts of Jewry, through the region that is beyond Jordan. And the people resorted unto him afresh: And as he was wont he taught them again.
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].
And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptising.
John [the Immerser] was also immersing people in Aenon, near Salem [Note: These locations are thought to have been in northeastern Judea, near the Jordan River], because there was a lot of water there; so people were coming to be immersed.
And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, lo! this man baptiseth, and all men come to him.
Therefore they sought again to seize Him; but He escaped out of their hand, and went away again beyond Jordan,
and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,
So, when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was [i.e., on the east side of the Jordan River. See 10:40] for two [more] days.
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