BETHABARA
Town that was on the banks of the Jordan (Judges 7:24). In the best ancient manuscripts of the Gospel of St. John (John 1:28) it reads “Bethany beyond the Jordan”, and not Beth-bara, which was a variant that for some reason was introduced into a manuscript and prevailed. later under the influence of Origen and St. John Chrysostom.
In the latest editions of the Greek New Testament made by the Bible Societies it has been corrected, putting Bethany more correctly.