No kidding. Welcome to the wonderful world of God's word. I will supplement your list with one of my own, because I have compiled it some time ago.
Are we punished for the sins of others?
Yes! According to: Genesis 9:21-25, 20:18, Exodus 20:5, 34:7, Deuteronomy 5:9, 23:2, 28:18, Numbers 14:18, 1 Samuel 3:12-13, 2 Samuel 12:14, 21:6-9, 1 Kings 2:33, 11:11-12, 21:29, 2 Kings 5:27
Isaiah 14:21, Jeremiah 16:10-11, 29:32, 32:18, and Zephaniah 1:8
No! According to: Deuteronomy 24:16, 2 Kings 14:6, Jeremiah 31:29-30, and
Ezekiel18:20
John 1: 28 This happened in Bethany across the Jordan, 20 where John was baptizing. 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, 21 who takes away the sin of the world.
Bethany is not a place "across Jordan." There is not such place there. Some Bible versions call it Bethabara trying to salvage the damage. However, there is a suburb of Jerusalem by the name Bethany and it's not across Jordan. And, at least according to Mat 3:4-6 and mat 1:9 John baptized in the Jordan River.
I am sure there is a raitonalizaiton out there that shows there is no contradiction...I take everything John write with a grain of salt. More on the interpolated character of John's Gospel.
So it seems - and Jerusalem (and Bethany) are a good day's trot from the Jordan, as well. Don't know.
I am sure there is a raitonalizaiton out there that shows there is no contradiction...I take everything John write with a grain of salt. More on the interpolated character of John's Gospel.
The content of the Faith was being developed at a furious rate during these times. Your source says that John was written to try to calm down distressed Jewish Christians (converts) who weren't liking the way things were going in the temporal realm...