John 3:23

And John also was immersing in Ænon, near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were immersed;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

In Context

22After these things, Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea, and he remained there with them, and immersed.

24for John had not yet been thrown into prison.

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Cross References

Mark 1:4John was immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance in order to the remission of sins.

Revelation 1:15and his feet were like fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace: and his voice was like the voice of many waters.

Revelation 19:6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying: Alleluia; for the Lord God the Almighty reigns.

Matthew Henry on John 3:23-36

John's Testimony to Christ. 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest… Read the whole commentary →

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