23Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were constantly coming to be baptized.


In Context

20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."

22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.

23 Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were constantly coming to be baptized.

24 (This was before John was put in prison.)

25 An argument developed between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.

John 3:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:23And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:23And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim; because there was much water there; and they came and were baptized.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:23And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to him and were baptised:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:23And John also was baptizing in AEnon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23And John also was baptizing in Enon, near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:23And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.