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Travel Blogs from Bethany, Jordan
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Goosebumps
This is a top pick! ... caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over). We too stood here and gazed across the Jordan river into Jericho, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Bethlehem and even the dome of the rock. Then plunging down the great hillside ...
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see...
... where all of the excavations are being done, where our guide then took us on a tour of all the sites. First, we saw the tiny Jordan River, and could literally almost touch the West Bank (of the River Jordan, get it?). Then, we saw the site where Jesus was ...
Baptisms, Mosaics, and other biblical places!
... rented a car to look around the Dead Sea area, which includes some interesting biblical sites. First we began at Bethany, where the Jordan River separates Jordan from Palestine. This is also the place where John the Baptist resided and is ...
Day 7 - Beth-Abara (Baptism of Yeshua)
... absolutely certain, archaeology has shown that the area known as Wadi Kharrar has long been believed to be the biblical Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan, where John the Baptist lived and Jesus was baptized. This area is also associated with the ascension of ...
Bethany
... things much easier at the military checks every now and then -afterall Bethany is one breath away from the Israeli borders. Anyways, the Bethany site is a small jewel. It was so great that we went this time of year because besides the fact that we avoided ...
Baptised by the Dead Sea...
... that there wasn't more 'atmosphere' here, as we were rushed on towards the Greek Orthodox church and the River Jordan itself. The church is a delightful building complete with white doves and the obligatory member of the Jordanian armed forces. On ...
Something does happen there !
God knows I am not a religious man, but when walking around the Jordan, there is a feel that history has happened here. Or is it that Sarah is called Jordan ...
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