These things were done in Bethany beyond jordan, where John was baptizing.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
The man, who lived near jordan, would, he felt confident, undertake to hand on the letter.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
"I'd like to study my Sunday School lesson right here on the spot," Helen had said when she first went over the ground and traced the jordan from its rise through the Sea of Galilee into the Dead Sea, where, on week days, children sailed their boats and fished with pins for non-existent whales.
"Ethel Morton at Chautauqua"
Mabell S. C. Smith