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Where was John baptizing when he announced his mission to the Jews?
John (New Ver.): “In Bethany beyond Jordan” ([i, 28]).
Bethany was a suburb of Jerusalem and was not beyond Jordan.
The Authorized Version reads “Bethabara,” conceded to be an interpolation, regarding which Geikie says: “The most ancient MSS. read Bethany instead of Bethabara, but no site of that name is now known on the Jordan. Bethabara was introduced into the text by Origen” (Life of Christ, vol. i, p. 566).