Come and study Holy Scriptures with us as Father Stephen DeYoung teaches verse by verse on the podcast, The Whole Council of God.

Father Stephen is a former Protestant pastor and Bible teacher in the Reformed Church,

but now an Orthodox priest serving at St. George Orthodox Cathedral in Charleston, West Virginia.

After these things, Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea,

and there he remained with them and baptized.

So, it really, land is probably not the best way.

It should probably be country, remember, because he was in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.

So he goes out of the city into the countryside of Judea.

And the disciples, they're baptizing people.

And remember, the beginning of the discussion with Nicodemus

sort of involved baptism because he talked about,

he just talked about being born again or born from above

of water and the spirit and that that was required if you're going to enter the kingdom of God.

And so now they're going out and doing it. They're baptizing.

Now John also was baptizing in Anon near Saleem because there was much water there,

and they came and were baptized for John had not yet been thrown into prison.

St. John is really bad about spoilers.

But, say, John the forerunner, he's nearby baptizing.

There's a place with a lot of water.

When you're in the Judean desert

there's not always enough water at hand to be

baptizing people so he's got a place with a good about

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