John 3:23

And John too was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there were many pools of water there; and people came and received baptism.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 and His disciples went into Judaea; and there He made a stay in company with them and baptized.

24(For John was not yet in prison.)

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Cross References

Mark 1:4So John the Baptizer came, and was in the Desert proclaiming a baptism of the penitent for forgiveness of sins.

Revelation 1:15His feet were like silver-bronze, when it is white-hot in a furnace; and His voice resembled the sound of many waters.

Revelation 19:6And I seemed to hear the voices of a great multitude and the sound of many waters and of loud peals of thunder, which said, "Hallelujah! Because the Lord our God, the Ruler of all, has become King.

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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