John 3:23

Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salem, because there was plenty of water there. And people were coming and being baptized;

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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, with His disciples, went into the Judean countryside, and there He spent time with them and baptized.

24for John had not yet been thrown into prison.

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Cross References

Mark 1:4John started baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

Revelation 1:15and His feet were like fine brass, as when refined in a furnace; and His voice was like the sound of many waters;

Revelation 19:6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderings saying: “Hallelujah! Because the Lord our God reigns, the Almighty!

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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