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  • John 3:23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 23 But John too was baptizing in Aeʹnon near Saʹlim, because there was a great quantity of water there,+ and people kept coming and were being baptized;+

  • John 3:23
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 23 ἦν Was δὲ but καὶ also ὁ the Ἰωάνης John βαπτίζων baptizing ἐν in Αἰνὼν Aenon ἐγγὺς near τοῦ the Σαλείμ, Salim, ὅτι because ὕδατα waters πολλὰ many ἦν was ἐκεῖ, there, καὶ and παρεγίνοντο they were coming to be alongside καὶ and ἐβαπτίζοντο· they were being baptized;

  • John 3:23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 23 But John+ also was baptizing in Aeʹnon near Saʹlim, because there was a great quantity of water+ there, and people kept coming and being baptized;+

  • John 3:23
    The Bible in Living English
    • 23 And John too was baptizing at Enon near Salim, because there was much water there; and they came and had themselves baptized,

  • John 3:23
    American Standard Version
    • 23 And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

  • John 3:23
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 23 And John also was immersing in AEnon near to Salim, because many waters were there; and they were coming and being immersed;—

  • John 3:23
    King James Version
    • 23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2022
    • 3:23 it-1 55

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 3:23 w63 331; g62 3/8 27; w61 38; ns 225

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 3:23

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 55

      The Watchtower,

      6/1/1963, pp. 330-332

      1/15/1961, pp. 37-39

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 3:23

      baptizing: Or “immersing.” The Greek word ba·ptiʹzo means “to dip; to plunge.” The Bible indicates that baptism involves complete immersion. This account tells us that John was baptizing at this location “because there was a great quantity of water there.” (See study note on Aenon in this verse.) When Philip baptized the Ethiopian eunuch, they both “went down into the water.” (Ac 8:38) The same Greek word is used in the Septuagint at 2Ki 5:14 when describing that Naaman “plunged into the Jordan seven times.”

      Aenon: A place having a great quantity of water available. It was near the apparently better-known place named Salim. The exact locations of these places are uncertain; however, Eusebius indicates a location in the Jordan Valley about eight Roman miles (12 km; 7.5 mi) S of Scythopolis (Beth-shean). In this area is Tell Ridgha (Tel Shalem), tentatively identified with Salim. Nearby are several springs that might fit Eusebius’ description of the place called Aenon. In the Bible, these two locations, Aenon and Salim, are mentioned only here.

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