Where was Jesus baptized?

Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan.

By Daniel Goodman

Published August 19, 2024.

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Jesus heard that his relative, John, was urging people to give up their destructive ways and was baptizing them in the River Jordan. John said that he was preparing the way for a great teacher. Jesus then left Nazareth and went south into the desert, where he met John by the River Jordan. John, the Baptist, baptized Jesus on the Jordan River near Jericho, known as Qasr al-Yahud. Today pilgrims can be baptized at Qasr al-Yahud, or at an alternate baptismal site on the Jordan called Yardenit, in Galilee.

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