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Green's Literal Translation
John 3:23
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John was out near Aenon doing his baptizing. He was there because there was plenty of water to baptize.
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—
John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—
Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.
And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to [him] and were baptised:
Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.
John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized,
John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.
And John also was baptizing in Enon, near Salim, because there was much water there; and they came and were baptized.
And John too was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there were many pools of water there; and people came and received baptism.
And Iohn also was baptizing in Aenon, neere to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Ihon baptysed also in Enon besyde Salem: for there was moch water there. And they came thither, and were baptysed:
and baptized, while John was likewise baptizing in Enon, near Salim, it being a place abounding with water: so that people came to be baptized there.
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
John also was baptizing at Ae'non near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were baptized.
And Iohn also baptised in Enon besydes Salim because ther was moche water there and they came and were baptised.
And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
And John also was baptizing in Enon, near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were going there to be baptized.
John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.
John had not yet been put in jail. He was at Aenon near Salim, where there was a lot of water, and people were coming there for John to baptize them.
Yochanan too was immersing at Einayim, near Shalem, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to be immersed.
And Iohn also baptized in Enon besides Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
John also was baptizing at the spring of Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there; and they came, and were baptized.
Yochanan also was immersing in Einayim near Shalem, because there was much water there. They came, and were immersed.
John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. PeopleThey">[fn] kept coming and were being baptized,1 Samuel 9:4; Matthew 3:5-6;">[xr]
But Juchanon also was baptizing in Ein-yon, near Sholim, because the waters were there many; and they came and were baptized;
And John also was baptizing in 'non, which is near to Salim, because there were many waters there: and the people came, and were baptized.
At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism.
John was baptizing in the town of Aenon near Salim. There was much water there and people were coming to be baptized.
And John also was baptizing in AEnon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people kept coming and were being baptized
And John also was immersing in Aenon, near to him, because, many waters, were there; and they were coming, and being immersed; -
And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim: because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and they were coming and were being baptized.
And Iohn also baptized in Enon, besides Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
John was also baptizing people in Aenon, a place near Salim with plenty of water. People were going there to be baptized.
John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized
Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and being baptized—
John also was baptizing in Aenon, not far from Salim, because there was plenty of water in that place. People were going to him, and he was baptizing them.
And Joon was baptisinge in Ennon, bisidis Salym, for many watris weren there; and thei camen, and weren baptisid.
and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized --
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
near: Genesis 33:18, Shalem, 1 Samuel 9:4, Shalim
much: Jeremiah 51:13, Ezekiel 19:10, Ezekiel 43:2, Revelation 1:15, Revelation 14:2, Revelation 19:6
and they: Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:6, Mark 1:4, Mark 1:5, Luke 3:7
Reciprocal: Matthew 3:11 - but Matthew 14:3 - Herod John 1:28 - where Acts 8:36 - See Acts 8:38 - and he baptized
Cross-References
And every shrub of the field was not yet on the earth, and every plant of the field had not yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until your return to the ground. For you have been taken out of it; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
And she continued to bear his brother, Abel. And Abel became a shepherd of flocks. And Cain became a tiller of the ground.
When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. You shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth.
And Noah, a man of the ground, began and planted a vineyard.
And the advantage of a land, it is among all; even a king has a field being tilled.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And John also was baptizing in Aenon,.... The Syriac and Persic versions call it "Ain", or "In you", the fountain of the dove; and the Arabic version reads it, the fountain of "Nun": and whether it was a town, or river, it seems to have its name from a fountain near it, or that itself was one, where was an abundance of water, as the text shows. There is a city of this name in the Septuagint version of Joshua 15:61, and mention is made of Hazerenon in Numbers 34:9, but neither of them seem to be the same with this; but be it where, and what it will, it was
near to Salim; and where that was, is as difficult to know as the other, some take it to be Shalem, a city of Shechem, mentioned in
Genesis 33:18, but that is not the same name with this; and besides was in Samaria; and indeed is by some there thought not to be the proper name of any place. Others are of opinion, that it is the same with Shalim in 1 Samuel 9:4, though it seems rather to be the place which Arias Montanus calls o "Salim juxta torrentem", Salim by the brook; and which he places in the tribe of Issachar: and might be so called, either because it was near this Aenon, and may be the brook, or river intended, by which it was; or because it was not far from the place where the two rivers, Jabbok and Jordan, met; and so the Jewish maps place near Jordan, in the tribe of Manasseh, bordering on the tribe of Issachar, a Shalem, and by it Ain-yon. And the Septuagint in Joshua 19:22 mention "Salim by the sea", as in the tribe of Issachar. There is a passage in the Talmud p, which, whether it has any regard to this Aenon, and Salim, I leave to be considered:
"the wine of Ogedoth, why is it forbidden? because of the village Pegesh; and that of Borgetha, because of the Saracene palace; and of Ain-Cushith, because of the village Salem.''
Nonnus here calls Aenon, a place of deep waters; and Salim he reads Salem; and so some copies. Aenon, where John baptized, according to Jerom q, was eight miles from Scythopolis, to the south, and was near Salim and Jordan; and he makes Salim to be at the same distance from Scythopolis. However, John was baptizing in these parts, at the same time that Christ was teaching and baptizing: he did not leave off on that account. This was the work he was sent to do, and which he continued in as long as he had his liberty; and be chose this place,
because there was much water there; or "many waters"; not little purling streams, and rivulets; but, as Nonnus renders it, abundance of water; or a multitude of it, as in the Arabic version; see Revelation 1:15 and the Septuagint in Psalms 78:16, and what was sufficient to immerse the whole body in, as Calvin, Aretius, Piscator, and Grotius, on the place, observe; and which was agreeable not only to: the practice of the Jews, who used dipping in their baptisms, and purifications, as Musculus and Lightfoot assert; but to John's method and practice elsewhere:
and they came, and were baptized. The Ethiopic version renders it, "they came to him", that is, to John, "and he baptized them"; as the Persic version adds, "there", in Aenon, near Salim, in the much water there: it may be understood of the people coming both to John and Christ, and of their being baptized by them; though it seems rather to be said of John; and so Nonnus paraphrases it.
o Antiqu. Jud. l. 2. c. 3. p T. Hieros. Avoda Zara, fol. 44. 4. q De locis Hebraicis fol. 89. C. & fol, 94. F.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In Enon - The word âEnon,â or âAenon,â means âa fountain,â and was doubtless given to this place because of the fountains there. On the situation of the place nothing certain has been determined. Eusebius places it eight Roman miles south of Scythopolis or Bethshan, and 53 miles northeast of Jerusalem.
Near to Salim - It would seem from this that Salim was better known then than Enon, but nothing can be determined now respecting its site. These places are believed to have been on the west side of the Jordan.
Because there was much water there - Johnâs preaching attracted great multitudes. It appears that they remained with him probably many days. In many parts of that country, particularly in the hilly region near where John preached, it was difficult to find water to accommodate the necessities of the people, and perhaps, also, of the camels with which those from a distance would come. To meet their necessities, as well as for the purpose of baptizing, he selected a spot that was well watered, probably, with springs and rivulets. Whether the ordinance of baptism was performed by immersion or in any other mode, the selection of a place well watered was proper and necessary. The mention of the fact that there was much water there, and that John selected that as a convenient place to perform his office as a baptizer, proves nothing in regard to the mode in which the ordinance was administered, since he would naturally select such a place, whatever was the mode.
Where numbers of people came together to remain any time, it is necessary to select such a place, whatever their employment. An encampment of soldiers is made on the same principles, and in every camp-meeting that I have ever seen, a place is selected where there is a good supply of water, though not one person should be immersed during the whole services. As all the facts in the case are fully met by the supposition that John might have baptized in some other way besides immersion, and as it is easy to conceive another reason that is sufficient to account for the fact that such a place was selected, this passage certainly should not be adduced to prove that he performed baptism only in that manner.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 23. In AEnon — This place was eight miles southward from Scythopolis, between Salim and Jordan.
There was much water — And this was equally necessary, where such multitudes were baptized, whether the ceremony were performed either by dipping or sprinkling. But as the Jewish custom required the persons to stand in the water, and, having been instructed, and entered into a covenant to renounce all idolatry, and take the God of Israel for their God, then plunge themselves under the water, it is probable that the rite was thus performed at AEnon. The consideration that they dipped themselves, tends to remove the difficulty expressed in Clarke's note on "Matthew 3:6". See the observations at the end of Mark.
