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Ταῦτα ἐν Βηθανίᾳ ἐγένετο πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ὅπου ἦν Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων.
RBT Greek Interlinear:
Strongs 3778  [list]
Λογεῖον
Tauta
Ταῦτα
these ones
DPro-NNP
Strongs 1722  [list]
Λογεῖον
en
ἐν
within
Prep
Strongs 963  [list]
Λογεῖον
Bēthania
Βηθανίᾳ
Bethany
N-DFS
Strongs 1096  [list]
Λογεῖον
egeneto
ἐγένετο
has become
V-AIM-3S
Strongs 4008  [list]
Λογεῖον
peran
πέραν
beyond
Prep
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον
tou
τοῦ
the
Art-GMS
Strongs 2446  [list]
Λογεῖον
Iordanou
Ἰορδάνου
Jordan
N-GMS
Strongs 3699  [list]
Λογεῖον
hopou
ὅπου
where
Adv
Strongs 1510  [list]
Λογεῖον
ēn
ἦν
was
V-IIA-3S
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον
ho

the
Art-NMS
Strongs 2491  [list]
Λογεῖον
Iōannēs
Ἰωάννης
Favored
N-NMS
Strongs 907  [list]
Λογεῖον
baptizōn
βαπτίζων
he who is baptizing
V-PPA-NMS
RBT Translation:
Becoming In the House of Misery, Crossing the Jordan
These ones became in the House of Misery,48 on the other side of the Descent,49 where the Favored was, he who submerges.50
The River Decent (Jordan).
House of Misery vs. House of Wisdom
LITV Translation:
These things took place in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where was baptizing.
ESV Translation:
These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Footnotes

48

Strong’s #G963, Bethania. The name in Hebrew means House of Depression or Misery. We read about Jesus making a fig tree here with no fruit to wither (Matthew 21:18-22). No such place exists or has been found because it is an enigma, a parable. Brown-Driver-Briggs simply write, “It is most probable that Bethany disappeared after the Apostles’ time”.

49

Strong’s #2446 and #3383 Yarden, descent, descender. From the verb yarad (#3381).

50

“was submerging” is incorrect. Submerging here is in the participle form, i.e. a noun-verb, without tense. “Was” is the verb to be in the imperfect indicative active just as in verse 1, “In a head was being the word…”