Bethabara

BETHABARA. At this place beyond Jordan S. John the Baptist baptized. The Latin Text of S. John instead of Bethabara reads Bethania; but the true reading is Bethabara, as Origen v, S. Chrysostom w, and Epiphanius¹ observe. Bethabara, which in Hebrew signifies the House of Passage, is thought to be the place where the Israelites passed the river Jordan under Joshuah, and that there was the common ford of this river.

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