Jordan Valley at Gilgal, which went dry as soon as the Ark of the Covenant reached the shore (). Yom HaAliyah (Aliyah Day, ) is an Israeli national holiday celebrated annually on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan to commemorate the Israelites crossing the Jordan River into the Land of Israel while carrying the Ark of the Covenant. The Jordan River is revered by Christians as the place where John the Baptist baptized Jesus. Jesus' traditional baptism site has attracted pilgrims throughout history. During the last four decades pilgrimage facilities have been created at three different sites. With Al Maghtas
Matthew 3:14 Nazarenes],] adds a clarification to this section stating that it was because of Jesus' sinlessness that John felt he was the one who should be baptized. In John the order of events is different, and the Baptist only recognizes Jesus' nature after the baptism. [[Category:Matthew 3|03:14]] [[Category:Baptism]] Matthew 3:14 Matthew 3:14 is the fourteenth verse of the third chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus has come to John the Baptist to be baptized, but in this verse John balks at doing so. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World