Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Ænon . . . Salim—on the west of Jordan. (Compare John 3:26 with John 1:28).
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE BAPTIST—HIS NOBLE TESTIMONY TO HIS MASTER. (John 3:22-36)
land of Judea—the rural parts of that province, the foregoing conversation being held in the capital.
baptized—in the sense explained in John 4:2.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 3:23:
Ezekiel 17:5
Hebrews 7:1
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