These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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Gill's Exposition
These things were done in Bethabara,.... That is, this testimony was bore by John; and this discourse passed between him and the Pharisees, at the place here mentioned; which was a passage over…
Barnes' Notes
In Bethabara - Almost all the ancient manuscripts and versions, instead of “Bethabara” here, have “Bethany,” and this is doubtless the true reading. There was a Bethany about 2 miles east of…
Adam Clarke
These things were done in Bethabara - It is very probable that the word Bethany should be inserted here, instead of Bethabara. This reading, in the judgment of the best critics, is the genuine one.…
We have here the testimony of John, which he delivered to the messengers who were sent from Jerusalem to examine him. Observe here,
I. Who they were that sent to him, and who they were that were sent.…
Cambridge Bible
Bethabara The true reading is Bethany, which was changed to Bethabaraowing to the powerful influence of Origen, who could find no Bethany beyond Jordan known in his day. But in 200 years the very name…