Bible Location
Meaning: the house of song; the house of affliction · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
This Bethany entry refers to the east-of-Jordan reading in John 1:28 rather than to the better-known Bethany near Jerusalem. It is important because the name marks a textual and geographic distinction in the Gospel tradition. First appears in John 1:28.1
AI summary: Bethany matters here because variant readings can point to different remembered baptismal locations. This record belongs to the discussion of where John's ministry by the Jordan was situated.1
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| John |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.