Bible verse
All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John 1:28 · BSB
The verses around it, from John 1.
24 Then the Pharisees who had been sent
25 asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
27 He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
28 All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
30 This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
31 I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
KJV
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
ASV
These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
ERV
These things were done in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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