As to the bearing of the prepositions on the present argument, a brief illustration may make it clear to the English reader. In the following citations, the words in italics answer to the Greek prepositions under which respectively they are cited. 1. _En._ “And were all baptized of him (_en_) _in_ Jordan.”—Matt. iii, 6. “John did baptize _in_ the wilderness.”—Mark i, 4. “John was baptizing _in_ Enon.”—John iii, 23. “These things were done _in_ Bethabara, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.”—John i, 28. “The tower _in_ Siloam.”—Luke xiii, 4. “Elias is come, and they have done _unto_ him whatsoever they listed.”—Matt. xvii, 12. “Turn the disobedient _to_ the wisdom of the just.”—Luke i, 17. “Lest they trample them _with_ their feet.”—Matt. vii, 6. “Sanctify them _through_ thy truth, thy word is truth.”—John xvii, 17. “They that take the sword shall perish _with_ the sword.”—Matt. xxvi, 52. “There is none other name ... _by_ which we must be saved.”—Acts iv, 12. “He will judge the world ... _by_ that man whom he hath ordained.”—Ib. xvii, 31. “Now revealed _by_ the Spirit”—Eph. iii, 5. “That _at_ the name of Jesus every knee should bow.”—Phil. ii, 10. From these illustrations two deductions are manifest (1.) _En_ does not always mean _in_. It may mean _with_ or _by_, instrumentally. “_With_ the sword.” “The name _by_ which,” etc. It may mean _by_ a mediate agent. “Revealed _by_ the Spirit.” “He will judge the world _by_ that man.” It may mean _at_, _by_, or _in_, locally. “_In_ Enon.” “_At_ Siloam.” It may be used in a yet more general signification, as, “_At_ the name.” Other meanings might be stated, but these are sufficient (2.) If, by reason of the phrase “_in_ Jordan,” we must understand that John immersed his disciples _into_ the Jordan, it of necessity follows that he also immersed them “_into_ Enon,” and “_into_ the wilderness.” In short, the expression indicates that the Jordan was the place _at_ which the baptizing was done:—this, and this only. Why it was done there, we shall presently see.