On the banks of the Jordan River where the ... The site on the Jordanian side of the river looks much like the New Testament describes it when John the Baptist came to live in the wilderness ...

embracing the hardship of the desert or baptizing at the Jordan River – hence his name, John “the Baptist” (not related to this writer’s southern denomination). In the early verses of Mark ...

With one more descent you come to the river-bed. The river itself ... It is the country just north of John Baptist’s desert, on the east of Jordan. People call it to this hour the most beautiful ...

Amman - A cave unearthed last year under the remains of a fourth-century Byzantine church on the east bank of the Jordan River was the ... Testament prophet, John the Baptist, said research ...

Reason for Designation: The site where Jesus of Nazareth is believed to have been baptized by John the Baptist marks the foundation of one of the world’s largest religions and encompasses ...