Bethany beyond the Jordan
Holy site · today Bethabara
Location: 31.8369, 35.5472 · Pleiades 697641
What this place is
- Holy site — the reach of the Jordan five miles above the Dead Sea that the pilgrim of 333 recorded as the place of the Lord's baptism, with the hill of Elijah's ascent on the far bank
Who is recorded here
- Jesus baptism · AD 28