The Watering Place – The River Jordan

Christians are familiar with the Gospel story of Jeus being baptised by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. It was the prelude to Jesus’ time of temptation in the wilderness and his public ministry. There are, however, stories from the Hebrew scriptures of the Jordan
River.
Hebrew Nəhar hayYardēn; Arabic Nahr al-ʾUrdunn
Meaning ‘to go down’ or ‘to descend’
Or sometimes in Arabic Al-Sharīʿah, the Watering Place

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