Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
Cross References
Matthew 3:6Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
John 3:22After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
John 3:24(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
Treasury of Scripture
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
near.
Genesis 33:18
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
Shalem.
1 Samuel 9:4
And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
Shalim.
Jeremiah 51:13
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
Ezekiel 19:10
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Ezekiel 43:2
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
and they.
Matthew 3:5,6
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, …
Mark 1:4,5
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins…
Luke 3:7
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
