{"id":16737,"date":"2015-01-08T22:52:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T05:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=16737"},"modified":"2015-01-08T22:52:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T05:52:44","slug":"new-testament-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/01\/new-testament-29.html","title":{"rendered":"New Testament 29"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Jordan<\/a>
An unusually lush area on\u00a0 the River Jordan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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John 3:23-36<\/a><\/p>\n

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Just a few quick notes about this passage.<\/p>\n

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1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve already noted the reference to John\u2019s having chosen his baptismal site (\u201cat Aenon near Salim,\u201d almost certainly on the Jordan River) \u201cbecause there was much water there\u201d (3:23). \u00a0This strongly suggests baptism by immersion rather than by sprinkling.<\/p>\n

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2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The word Aenon<\/em>\u00a0reflects an underlying Aramaic term\u00a0for a \u201cspring\u201d (similar in Hebrew and Arabic). \u00a0The famous Madaba Map in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which , describes it as\u00a0\"\"\u00a0(\u201cAenon, where Sapsaphas now is\u201d) and suggests a location for it:<\/p>\n

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\"Madaba<\/a>
A portion of the sixth-century AD Madaba Map, from Jordan. \u00a0\u201cAenon\u201d is labeled at about the middle of this map, right above the Jordan River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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3.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Note that Jesus is said in 3:26 to have been with John \u201cbeyond the Jordan\u201d (\u03c0\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f38\u03bf\u03c1\u03b4\u03ac\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5) which seems to support the Jordanian claim<\/a> to have the site on their side of the river. \u00a0So, too, does the Madaba Map, shown above: \u00a0The large body of water on the right of the image is the Dead Sea. \u00a0The Jordan River flows into the northern end of the Dead Sea, which means that the Dead Sea is toward the south. \u00a0With that orientation in mind, the site identified as \u201cAenon\u201d seems to be on the eastern side of the Jordan River \u2014 which is to say, in what is today the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, not Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The word \u1f04\u03bd\u03c9\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd, which is<\/span>\u00a0translated as \u201cfrom above\u201d in 3:31, is the very word that\u2019s translated \u201cagain\u201d or \u201canew\u201d (as in \u201cborn again\u201d) in John 3:1-21. \u00a0I told<\/em> you<\/a> that it could mean both \u201cagain\u201d and \u201cfrom above.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 John 3:23-36 \u00a0 Just a few quick notes about this passage. \u00a0 1. \u00a0 I\u2019ve already noted the reference to John\u2019s having chosen his baptismal site (\u201cat Aenon near Salim,\u201d almost certainly on the Jordan River) \u201cbecause there was much water there\u201d (3:23). \u00a0This strongly suggests baptism by immersion rather than by sprinkling. 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