Ennon
Ennon, according to Valtorta App. The location of this place is yet to be confirmed.
The place where John the Baptist takes refuge. It is mentioned in the Gospel of John 3:23: "Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People came and were baptized."
Inhabitants or natives[edit | edit source]
Alexander of Enon, Benjamin the water-used shepherd, Rachel one of his aunts, Eli the generous blind, Levi and Jonas, other generous notable figures. It seems that the inhabitants of this region were robust and tall according to the descriptions.
Identification[edit | edit source]
Excerpt from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel, by Jean-François Lavère.As they pass near Jericho, going to Jerusalem for the Tabernacles of the first year, the Apostles inquire about John the Baptist. "Does the Baptist no longer baptise here?" "No, he doesn’t. He is at the border with Samaria".[1] When, the following winter, Jesus makes a nighttime visit to John in his refuge, he walks for a while along a tributary of the Jordan that flows towards the northeast. (See El Maleh, wadi). Later, it is learned that the Baptist was "drawn by deception out of the land of Shechem".[2] This information and some others allow to locate Enon at the northeast edge of Samaria, and a little further north than the cave where the Baptist found refuge. "Enon, a handful of houses, is farther to the north."[3] indeed specifies Maria Valtorta.
Description[edit | edit source]
"Jesus is walking[4] steadfast and alone. He proceeds very fast along His way until He reaches a stream that is flowing down gurgling towards the plain in a north-east direction. He goes upstream as far as a lonely spot near a woody slope. He moves to one side, climbs up a steep path and arrives at a natural cave on the side of the hill."[5]
"A handful of houses [...] a grotto among the luxuriant vegetation. Not far away some spring-waters gurgle forming a stream rich in waters that flow towards the Jordan."[3]
Key facts[edit | edit source]
It is in this cave of Samaria that Jesus comes to see the Baptist who entrusts him with his Disciples and peacefully receives the announcement of his death.[6]
Name[edit | edit source]
Enon (Enon, Aenon, Aïnôn) means "the springs." Other spellings: Aenon, Ainon, Aenone.
Location[edit | edit source]
Jean-François Lavère notes in his Geographical Dictionary:"The exact location of Enon is not yet rigorously established. However, there exists, about fifteen kilometers south of Beisan, and less than two kilometers from the Jordan, a valley oriented towards the northeast, which exactly matches the description given by Maria Valtorta to locate the cave refuge of the Baptist there. The course of the Roman road, linking Beth-Shean to Jericho, passes nearby, and it follows that the site proposed by Father Lagrange[7] at Ain el Deir, to situate Enon, fully corresponds to the location that can be deduced from The Gospel as Revealed to Me. It is also fully compatible with the proximity of Salim, which according to the indications of Eusebius (Onomasticon 40,1) and Saint Jerome (153.4-7) is located eight miles (12 km) south of Scythopolis-Beisan. In this sector, there are many water points, as suggested by the etymology of the word Enon (Aenon), but also as described by Maria Valtorta."
Where is it mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]
GRM 148 GRM 149
GRM 573 GRM 574
Explore[edit | edit source]
- 32° 23’ 04’’ N / 35° 32’ 00’’ E
- -230m
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Location above according to the works of Jean-François Lavère. The exact location remains to be confirmed.
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ GRM 111.1.
- ↑ GRM 211.5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 GRM 574.1.
- ↑ He comes from Sychar in Samaria.
- ↑ GRM 148.
- ↑ GRM 148.
- ↑ "But it was the Baptist who had changed place, as the text explicitly states: he baptised at Aenon, near Salim. Tradition since Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine at the beginning of the 4th century, designates the place eight miles south of Scythopolis, now Beisan. At this distance indeed several reservoirs, natural or built, especially at Ed-Deir, a Byzantine church doubtless fixed the site of these baptisms. Aenon means 'the springs' in the Aramaic spoken by Jesus; and Tell Surem, about kilometers north of our springs, represents the name of Salim. (Marie-Joseph Lagrange, The Gospel of Jesus Christ, with the Evangelical Synopsis, Artège Letheilleux, 2017, p. 120). Also cited in: Lagrange, Revue Biblique, IV, 1895, pp. 502-505.