In this sense, the baptism of Jesus marks not only the beginning of ... and Umm Qais (traditional location of the miracle of the Gadarene Swine). Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan The large wilderness ...

UNESCO has declared Bethany Beyond the Jordan a World Heritage site, identifying present-day Jordan as the location where Jesus' baptism is believed to have taken place. The Vatican and Orthodox ...

The overwhelming biblical, archeological, and historical evidence has led many religious leaders throughout the world to recognize this location as the authentic site of Jesus’ baptism.

Later, in the Gospels, John is said to have used the same waters to baptize Jesus. Now this lush oasis ... Many who come undergo their own baptism and spiritual renewal, even as barbed wire ...

I thought about the family response to these characters as I studied the Gospel accounts of Jesus' baptism. All four make a connection between John and Jesus, but only Mark and Matthew admit that ...

Along with yesterday’s feast of the Epiphany and the wedding at Cana, today’s feast, the Baptism of the Lord, is one of the three epiphanies of Jesus’ humanity, according to the early Church ...

(RNS) — Last Sunday (Jan. 12) most Christian churches celebrated the baptism of Jesus, an event in his life I always found confusing. I could never understand why Jesus was baptized. After all ...

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

All four Gospels speak of the beginning of Jesus’ three-year public life with his baptism in the River Jordan by St. John the Baptist. The Church emphasizes that each January when it celebrates ...

The Christmas Season comes to a close with the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord. The outpouring of the Spirit and the Father’s declaration "You are my beloved Son" make Jesus’ baptism ...