The river running from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. John the Baptist immersed people in it, and Jesus was baptized there. The coordinates mark the traditional baptism site near Jericho, at Qasr al-Yahud and Bethany beyond the Jordan; the exact place is not known.
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Every mention
18 writings- 700 BCIsaiah: the chapters read as prophecyThe Prophets1×
- 500 BCZechariah: the humble king and the stricken shepherdThe Prophets1×
- AD 55Q: The Sayings Source (a Scholarly Reconstruction)The Other Gospels1×
- AD 70The Gospel of MarkThe New Testament4×
- AD 85The Gospel of MatthewThe New Testament6×
- AD 85The Gospel of LukeThe New Testament2×
- AD 93Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, Book 20: the death of James, brother of JesusWitnesses Outside the Church1×
- AD 95The Gospel of JohnThe New Testament3×
- AD 150The Egerton Gospel (Papyrus Egerton 2)The Other Gospels2×
- AD 200The Secret Gospel of Mark (the Mar Saba Letter)The Other Gospels1×
- AD 225The Gospel of PhilipThe Other Gospels1×
- AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IThe Early Church1×
- AD 400The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate) and the Pilate LettersThe Other Gospels3×
- AD 550Hone’s Apocryphal New Testament: the Arabic Infancy Gospel and the Abgar LettersThe Other Gospels1×
- 1907G. R. S. Mead, The Gnostic Crucifixion (1907)The Other Gospels1×
- 2026Jesus’s life: a chronological catalogue of the canonical narrativesThe Dossier1×
- 2026The prophecies associated with Jesus: a critical catalogueThe Dossier1×
- 2026The documentary record of Jesus and the movements that interpreted himThe Dossier1×
