Stop 49 · The Gospels: Galilee

The Jordan at Qasr el-Yahud

The baptism

Sea of GalileeDead SeaDead SeaJudeaJordan55. Bethel and Ai66. Bethlehem1313. Nebo1414. The Jordan and Gilgal1515. Jericho1616. Gibeon and Aijalon2121. The Sorek valley2222. Shiloh2323. Kiriath-jearim2424. Michmash and Gibeah2525. The Valley of Elah2626. Adullam3838. Tekoa and Anathoth4444. Modi'in and Qumran4646. Ein Karem4747. Bethlehem, again5050. The Judean wilderness6464. Bethany6565. Jericho, again7272. Emmaus8181. Antipatris4949. The Jordan at Qasr el-YahudThe Jordan at Qasr el-Yahud
From 30,000 feet

Where Israel crossed in and Elijah went up, Jesus goes down into the brown water. The heavens open. This is my beloved Son.

Stop 49 of 84. 29 km from Jerusalem. Next stop, The Judean wilderness, is 12 km away.

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Matthew 3:13-17

13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?” 15But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him. 16Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. 17Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

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