John 1:28

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“All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.”

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BSBPD

“All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 1:28 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 7:24Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
  2. John 3:23Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
  3. John 3:26So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
  4. John 10:40Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
  5. John 12:5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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