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GLOSSARY
Bethabara
Pronunciation: behth-uh-BAYR-uh / bay-THAB-ah-ruh
Occurrences: 5
First Reference: Yeshua 1:6
In those days did John the Baptizer preach aloud in the wilderness round about Bethabara, beyond Jordan...
See: John the Baptizer, Perea
Summary: Bethabara was a wilderness area in Judea, “by the borders of Perea” (Y:3:9), where John the Baptizer would often be found baptizing in the river Jordan (Y:1:50; Y:3:6).
Notes/References:
But in the secret watches of the night, Josephus Caiaphas called forth certain chief priests, that they might act wisely regarding this John, and they called forth unto them a certain man, and they commanded that he should go to the lands round about Bethabara, and finding the prophet baptizing in the waters of the Jordan, he should become as one of his disciples.
Yeshua 1:50
“Arise, my Beloved, and go forth unto the regions round about Bethabara unto John, beside the river Jordan. He shall prepare you that you might draw nigh unto me.”
Yeshua 3:6
And when it was morning, he took a staff and journeyed unto Bethabara in the wilderness of Judea by the borders of Perea.
Yeshua 3:9