3.] [Footnote 6: John i.

28, iii.26.All the manuscripts say _Bethany_; but, as no one knows of Bethany in these places, Origen (_Comment.

in Joann._, vi.

24) has proposed to substitute _Bethabara_, and his correction has been generally accepted.

The two words have, moreover, analogous meanings, and seem to indicate a place where there was a ferry-boat to cross the river.] [Footnote 7: _AEnon_ is the Chaldean plural, _AEnawan_, "fountains."] [Footnote 8: John iii.23.The locality of this place is doubtful.