Enon (Aenon)

How Nave’s arranged it

• A place east of the Jordan River
• Because there was plenty of water, John immersed people nearJohn 3:23

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1. John 3:23

   Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

   ›Commentary on John 3:232 voices

   “And John also was baptizing in Aenon,.... The Syriac and Persic versions call it "Ain", or "In you", the fountain of the dove; and the Arabic version reads it, the fountain of "Nun": and whether it was a town, or river, it seems to have its name from a fountain near it, or that itself was one, where was an abundance of water, as the text shows.

   “In Enon - The word “Enon,” or “Aenon,” means “a fountain,” and was doubtless given to this place because of the fountains there. On the situation of the place nothing certain has been determined. Eusebius places it eight Roman miles south of Scythopolis or Bethshan, and 53 miles northeast of Jerusalem. Near to Salim - It would seem from this that Salim was better known then than Enon, but nothing can be determined now respecting its site. These places are believed to have been on the west side of the Jordan.

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