Thematic Bible: Bethabara


Thematic Bible



They sought again to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands. He went back again across the Jordan to the locality where John was when he first baptized, and there He remained. And many came to Him, and they kept saying, John did not perform a [single] sign or miracle, but everything John said about this Man was true. read more.
And many [people] there became believers in Him. [They adhered to and trusted in and relied on Him.]

These things occurred in Bethany across the Jordan [at the Jordan River crossing], where John was baptizing. Verse ConceptsBeyond JordanBaptism

Then Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of [the tribe of] Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and take [control of] the waters before them [thereby cutting off the Midianites], as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan [River].” So all the men of Ephraim were assembled together and they took control of the waters, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.