These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
These things were done in Bethabara, х beeyt (H1004) `ªbaaraah (H5679)] - 'ferry-house' or 'crossing-place.' But the true reading, as nearly all the best and most ancient MSS. attest, is 'Bethany:' not, of course, the well-known Bethany, at the foot of Mount Oilvet, but some village lying on the east side of the Jordan, which in the time of Origen had disappeared.
Beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.