Posted by giveawayboy on August 23, 2005 at 18:11:35:
In Reply to: River Jordan (Yardenit) posted by PS on August 23, 2005 at 14:55:13:
: Yes, it really is green. It is also teeming with fish. At this location--just south of the place where the Jordan flows out from the Sea of Galilee--you can see thousands of them. This is also the location where many believe Jesus was baptized by John in John 1:28. Although the exact location of "Bethabara beyond the Jordan" is uncertain, there are ruins of a village close to this point that some scholars think may be Bethabara. Bethabara means "House of the Crossing." This may be the same ford referred to Judges 7:24 as Bethbara. Pilgrims come from all over the world to be baptized here.
beautiful...