John 3:23

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

Text-Critical English NT

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 this Jesus went into the Judean countryside along with his disciples, and he spent some time there with them, baptizing people.

24(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

Read all of John 3

Cross References

Mark 1:4John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

Revelation 1:15his feet were like burnished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.

Revelation 19:6Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 3:23