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Place Where Christ Was Baptized ‎There has been much speculation concerning the exact spot of the baptism of Jesus by John. It was either at the Ford of Jordan, “right against Jericho,” where Israel crossed dry-shod, or, as Dr. Thomson holds, as far up the Jordan as the Ford of Damiah—the nearest point, if Jesus “came from Nazareth of Galilee” by vale and brook, that leads from Sâlem to the river ( “and John was baptized in Enon, near to Salem” ). The bathing place of the Latin pilgrims is nearly due east from Jericho in Judea, and beyond the ruined convent of St. John. It is this part of the Jordan we see in the picture. It is “over against Jericho” and about four miles above the place where the Jordan empties into the Dead Sea. John had been baptizing in the River Jordan perhaps about six months, when, in the winter of A. D. 27, according to the harmony of Dr. Andrews, Jesus left Nazareth and came to the River Jordan and was baptized, This was a remarkable period of ...

Place where Christ was Baptized ‎There has been much speculation concerning the exact spot of the baptism of Jesus by John. It was either at the Ford of Jordan, “right against Jericho,” where Israel crossed dry-shod, or, as Dr. Thomson holds, as far up the Jordan as the Ford of Damiah—the nearest point, if Jesus “came from Nazareth of Galilee” by vale and brook, that leads from Sâlem to the river ( “and John was baptized in Enon, near to Salem” ). The bathing place of the Latin pilgrims is nearly due east from Jericho in Judea, and beyond the ruined convent of St. John. It is this part of the Jordan we see in the picture. It is “over against Jericho” and about four miles above the place where the Jordan empties into the Dead Sea. John had been baptizing in the River Jordan perhaps about six months, when, in the winter of A. D. 27, according to the harmony of Dr. Andrews, Jesus left Nazareth and came to the River Jordan and was baptized, This was a remarkable period of the...

Place where Christ was Baptized ‎There has been much speculation concerning the exact spot of the baptism of Jesus by John. It was either at the Ford of Jordan, “right against Jericho,” where Israel crossed dry-shod, or, as Dr. Thomson holds, as far up the Jordan as the Ford of Damiah—the nearest point, if Jesus “came from Nazareth of Galilee” by vale and brook, that leads from Sâlem to the river ( “and John was baptized in Enon, near to Salem” ).  The bathing place of the Latin pilgrims is nearly due east from Jericho in Judea, and beyond the ruined convent of St. John. It is this part of the Jordan we see in the picture. It is “over against Jericho” and about four miles above the place where the Jordan empties into the Dead Sea. John had been baptizing in the River Jordan perhaps about six months, when, in the winter of A. D. 27, according to the harmony of Dr. Andrews, Jesus left Nazareth and came to the River Jordan and was baptized, This was a remarkable pe...