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John 1

John 1:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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These things
tauta (Greek #5023)
these things
KJV usage: + afterward, follow, + hereafter, X him, the same, so, such, that, then, these, they, this, those, thus.
Pronounce: tow'-tah
Origin: nominative or accusative case neuter plural of 3778
were done
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
Bethabara
Bethabara (Greek #962)
ferry-house; Bethabara (i.e. Bethabarah), a place on the Jordan
KJV usage: Bethabara.
Pronounce: bay-thab-ar-ah'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (01004 and 05679)
d beyond
peran (Greek #4008)
through (as adverb or preposition), i.e. across
KJV usage: beyond, farther (other) side, over.
Pronounce: per'-an
Origin: apparently accusative case of an obsolete derivative of πείρω (to "pierce")
Jordan
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Iordanes (Greek #2446)
the Jordanes (i.e. Jarden), a river of Palestine
KJV usage: Jordan.
Pronounce: ee-or-dan'-ace
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03383)
, where
hopou (Greek #3699)
what(-ever) where, i.e. at whichever spot
KJV usage: in what place, where(-as, -soever), whither (+ soever).
Pronounce: hop'-oo
Origin: from 3739 and 4225
John
Ioannes (Greek #2491)
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: John.
Pronounce: ee-o-an'-nace
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03110)
was
en (Greek #2258)
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
KJV usage: + agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
Pronounce: ane
Origin: imperfect of 1510
baptizing
baptizo (Greek #907)
to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism
KJV usage: Baptist, baptize, wash.
Pronounce: bap-tid'-zo
Origin: from a derivative of 911
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Judg. 7:24• 24And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. (Judg. 7:24)

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Bethabara,
John the Baptist,
Jordan,
River

Cross References

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Bethabara.
John 10:40• 40And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. (John 10:40)
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Judg. 7:24• 24And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. (Judg. 7:24)
Bethbarah.
John 12:5• 5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? (John 12:5)
where.
John 3:23• 23And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. (John 3:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.

W. Kelly Translation

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These things took place in Bethanya, across the Jordan where John was baptizing.

WK Translation Notes

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The best reading according to ancient authorities is "Bethania", not "Betharaba." It was not the well-known village near Jerusalem, but another district of the same name beyond the Jordan.