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Al-Maghtas (Arabic: المغطس, al-Maġṭas, meaning ' baptism ' or ' immersion '), officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. [1]
This is not the village Bethany just east of Jerusalem, but the town Bethany, also called Bethabara in Perea. [32] A different interpretation places Bethabara on the opposite, western bank of the Jordan, in Judea rather than Perea; best known among these is the Madaba Map , which places Betahbara at today's west side of Al-Maghtas , officially ...
Bethabara means in Hebrew a house of passage, while Bethany means a house of ships, because ships were waiting to ferry people over the Jordan. The Bethany of Martha and Lazarus was a different place.
Bethany (Ancient Greek: Βηθανία, [3] Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ Bēṯ ʿAnyā), locally called in Arabic Al-Eizariya or al-Aizariya (Arabic: العيزرية, "[place] of Lazarus"), is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine, bordering East Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
The Gospel of John (John 1:28) [40] states that John was baptising in "Bethany Beyond the Jordan". [28] [29] generally considered to be the town of Bethany, also called Bethabara in Perea, on the eastern bank of the Jordan river, near Jericho. [29] In the 3rd century, Origen, who moved to the area from Alexandria, suggested Bethabara as the ...
The Jordanian side uses the names Al-Maghtas, Bethany beyond the Jordan and Baptism(al) Site, while the western part is known as Qasr al-Yahud.The nearby Greek Orthodox Monastery of St John the Baptist has a castle-like appearance (thus qasr, "castle"), and tradition holds that the Israelites crossed the river at this spot (thus al-Yahud, "of the Jews").
In the Gospel of John, "Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan" is indicated as the place where Jesus was baptized by John; in some translations of the Bible, the name Bethany is instead transcribed as "Bethabara" . On the Madaba Map, Bethabara is on the right bank of the Jordan, while this Aenon is on the left. [citation needed] [clarification needed]
Bethany is the name of two villages mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible: Bethany near Jerusalem, today known as Al-Eizariya , which means "the place of Lazarus" Bethany (or Bethabara) beyond the Jordan, today known as Al-Maghtas .