28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
28 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
28 These conversations took place in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing at the time.
28 These things were done in Bethabara
28 This encounter took place in Bethany, an area east of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 1:28
Commentary on John 1:19-28
(Read John 1:19-28)
John disowns himself to be the Christ, who was now expected and waited for. He came in the spirit and power of Elias, but he was not the person of Elias. John was not that Prophet whom Moses said the Lord would raise up to them of their brethren, like unto him. He was not such a prophet as they expected, who would rescue them from the Romans. He gave such an account of himself, as might excite and awaken them to hearken to him. He baptized the people with water as a profession of repentance, and as an outward sign of the spiritual blessings to be conferred on them by the Messiah, who was in the midst of them, though they knew him not, and to whom he was unworthy to render the meanest service.