The Gospels don’t come right out and say exactly where along the Jordan River Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, but there are clues. Based on Matthew 3, Mark 1 and Luke 3 and 4, it was near Jerusalem and the Judean desert, which puts it near the north end of the Dead Sea.
John 1:28 says John the Baptist was baptizing at “Bethany across the Jordan.”
I noticed a lot of Jewish places are named Beth-something, so I googled it.
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Before I did this blog, I had a little prayer argument about how I should be doing something about the Last Supper, since it’s Holy Thursday today. But it was very clear that I was supposed to do this, so I did. And now that I’m all done, I realize (head smack), I did do a Holy Thursday thing after all. Jesus was born in the “House of Bread”! :o)
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So Bethlehem would actually be a good name for a bakery.
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