Back قصر اليهود Arabic قصر اليهود ARZ Qasr el Yahud Catalan Qasr al-Jahúd Czech Qasr al-Yahud German Qasr el Yahud Spanish Qasr al-Yahoud French קאסר אל-יהוד HE Qasr el Yahud ID Qasr el Yahud Italian
قصر اليهود | |
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  Shown within the West Bank | |
| Alternative name | Al-Maghtas[1] |
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| Location | Area C, Jericho Governorate, West Bank (State of Palestine) |
| Coordinates | 31°50′18″N 35°32′21″E / 31.838333°N 35.539167°E |
| Palestine grid | 201/138 |
| Site notes | |
| Public access | Yes (see website) |
| Website | [1] (Baptismal Site on the Jordan River - Qasr al-Yahud)[2] |
Qasr al-Yahud (Arabic: قصر اليهود, lit. "The citadel of the Jews",[3] Hebrew: קאסר אל יהוד), also known as Al-Maghtas,[1] is the western section of the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist on the Jordan River (Matthew 3:13–17). It has also been traditionally identified with two episodes from the Hebrew Bible, as one of the possible points through which the Israelites have crossed the Jordan river as they reached the Promised Land (Joshua 3), and as the site where prophet Elijah ascended to heaven (2 Kings 2:1–14).[4][5] "Qasr al-Yahud" is actually an Arabic name given to the nearby Monastery of St John the Baptist, but is also being used for the West Bank section of the baptism site itself.[6]
The spot is located in Area C of the West Bank[7] and it sits directly across the eastern section (on Wikipedia as "Al-Maghtas"; known officially in Jordan as "Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"") and close to the Palestinian city of Jericho. Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the baptism site has been under Israeli occupation, and the site and facilities are currently administered by the Israeli Civil Administration and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism as part of a national park, where baptism ceremonies can be performed.
- ^ a b "The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 28 September 1995. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
... Palestinians shall have the right to religious pilgrimage to the Al-Maghtas under the Palestinian flag. Safe passage will be provided from the Jericho Area to Al-Maghtas for this purpose. (Annex III: Protocol Concerning Civil Affairs. Article 32: Religious Sites. Point 5.)
- ^ "Baptismal Site on the Jordan River - Qasr al-Yahud". Israel Nature and Parks Authority. 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 346
- ^ Ginat, Gitit (14 January 2010). "Take me to the river". Haaretz. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Jesus's baptismal site, long sealed off, to be cleared of landmines". The Times of Israel. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Noort (2004), p. 232.
- ^ Lidman, Melanie (18 June 2015). "Baptism by mire? In lower Jordan River, sewage mucks up Christian rite". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.