Rambles in Bible lands . ows down the valley of Jezreel, enters the is mentioned as the place where John It was formerly located on the map at theJericho ford. But this raised a great difficulty ; for theday after John was standing at Bethabara pointing his dis-ciples to Jesus, who was walking by, as the Lamb of God,there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, which Jesus andHis disciples From the Jericho ford this iseighty miles! Now this Abarah ford is just in a straight line from Kefr Kenna, the supposedCana, an easy one-days journey.
Rambles in Bible lands . ows down the valley of Jezreel, enters the is mentioned as the place where John It was formerly located on the map at theJericho ford. But this raised a great difficulty ; for theday after John was standing at Bethabara pointing his dis-ciples to Jesus, who was walking by, as the Lamb of God,there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, which Jesus andHis disciples From the Jericho ford this iseighty miles! Now this Abarah ford is just in a straight line from Kefr Kenna, the supposedCana, an easy one-days journey. Some texts, it istrue, read Bathania instead of Bethabara; but thisBathania was the name used in the time of Christ forthe old name Bashan, and points to this northern partof the river where Bethabara stands. East of the Jordan a wide strip of country stretches,higher and more fertile, and certainly affording better 1 Jer. xii. 5, xlix. 19, 1. 44 ; Zech. xi. 3. 2 John i. 28. 3 Compare John i. 28-9, 35 ; and John ii. EAST OF JORDAN 197
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