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This entry incorporates text from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia with some modernisation.

Bethabara ( ; בית עברה; bēth‛ăbhārāh; Βηθαβαρά; Bēthabará; "house of the ford, place of crossing") is the name used by some versions of the New Testament for the site "beyond (i.e. east of) the Jordan" where John the Baptist preached and performed baptisms, where he met with a group of priests and Levites sent by the Pharisees to investigate his ministry, and where he baptised Jesus. The name "Bethabara" also appears on the 6th-century Madaba Map and in the Talmud.

The most likely location of Bethabara is in modern-day Jordan, called Al-Maghtas.

Traditions based on interpretations of the scriptural texts connect the site with two other miracles: the crossing of the River Jordan, whose waters were divinely restrained, by the Israelites under the command of Joshua ; and Prophet Elijah being taken to heaven by chariots of fire . Bethabara is also mentioned as the location of Jesus' baptism in The Book of Mormon, as foretold by the first prophet in the Book of Mormon, Lehi, approximately 600 years before Jesus' birth.

Usage examples of "bethabara".

Only the day he had been forced to leave the Baptist at Bethabara had he felt such loneliness, and even that did not compare to this.

But this was Bethabara, the house of the shallow crossing at the Jordan.

So compelling was his message, so unusual his appearance, that within a week Palestinians as far away as Jerusalem, nearly fifty miles southeast of Bethabara, had been alerted.

This day, once more, the sun seared the vault of blue above Bethabara, causing drops of sweat to glisten on the faces of those gathered there.

For the most part the crowd dispersed at evening but others would trek to Bethabara the next day.

He had still not told his father or his elder brother of his venture to Bethabara the past summer because he knew it would merely create strife.

For the first time since reaching Bethabara, visions of turning back crossed the doorway of his mind.

At times John grew restless, but he did not feel his days at Bethabara were meaningless.

The seeds had been planted months before when John had first heard him at Bethabara, and after the primary struggles, they had taken firm root and blossomed easily.

Coming in view of Bethabara, John stopped short, scarcely able 54 JOHN, SON OF THUNDER to believe the scene before him.

They had rallied from the blow to their pride delivered by the wild man at Bethabara only days before.

The novice, who had not been a formal member of the commission, but who had followed with them to Bethabara, was shaking his head obstinately.

By the time the man reached the edge of the Jordan the only sound to be heard in the whole of Bethabara was the rushing of the water.

As the man came up from the rushing waters, he looked high into the sky, and the clouds over Bethabara suddenly separated in a wide arc above him.

Chapter 11 The drama at Bethabara was quickly noised far and wide throughout Palestine.