And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Christ went about weary in His journeyings to do good to souls. He left Jerusalem where His words made noise but did little good; the country received Him better because the great men there had less hold. His disciples stuck with Him through it all, following the ark whithersoever it moved.
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Commenting on John 3:22-36
John chose Aenon for its abundant springs and streams, practical necessity when crowds gathered for days at a stretch. Whether baptism was by immersion or another mode, a well-watered place was simply sensible, soldiers pitch camps on the same principle, and every camp-meeting I have witnessed locates itself by a good water supply.
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JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE BAPTIST--HIS NOBLE TESTIMONY TO HIS MASTER. (John 3:22-36) land of Judea--the rural parts of that province, the foregoing conversation being held in the capital. baptized--in the sense explained in Joh 4:2.
Commenting on John 3:22-36