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Bethany

Place
Names
  • en Bethany
    the house of song; the house of affliction
  • en Bethabara · Also called
  • bg Витания
Location
Kind: City
Modern name: Al Maghtas
Certainty: Probable
31.836321, 35.552600 · Show on map
Mentioned in (1)
John 1:28

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baptismal area at Al Maghtas
baptismal area at Al Maghtas · Producer ( talk ) · CC BY 2.5 · Official source
Bethany 1 Dictionary Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

The Revised Version in John 1:28 has this word instead of Bethabara, on the authority of the oldest manuscripts. It appears to have been the name of a place on the east of Jordan.

Sources: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data (CC BY 4.0, a6e060d) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, bethany_187)

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