Who Baptized Whom? What the Hebrew Manuscripts Reveal About What Really Happened at the Jordan River
Cochin Matthew 4: The Hebrew Text Behind the KJV
A verse-by-verse comparison revealing the original Hebrew names, words, and phrases hidden beneath the King James translation
From The Cochin Manuscript
When a Brooklyn hardware merchant asked Jonathan Felt if he wanted to immerse a pot in rainwater, it sparked a question his translation team couldn't shake: the same Hebrew verb used for koshering dishes — taval — is the verb used for what happened at the Jordan River. So what was John's actual role?
Drawing on five Hebrew manuscripts of Luke, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Mishnah, and Torah purification law, this essay traces a pattern that holds from Genesis to the Gospels: the person needing purification always immerses themselves. Never once, outside a single instance, is it someone else who dunks them.
Discover what Matthew's Gospel looked like before translation stripped away its Hebrew roots. This side-by-side study lines up Chapter 4 of the King James Version against the Cochin manuscripts (Cambridge MS Oo.1.32 and Gaster MS 1616) — Hebrew Matthew texts preserved by the Cochin Jewish community of India. See Yeshua instead of "Jesus," Elohim instead of "God," and original place names like Cafer Nachum and Nazret restored to the text, each difference clearly color-coded and footnoted so you can trace every variation for yourself. Compiled and edited by Dr. Miles R. Jones with a team of contributing researchers, this is a resource for anyone curious about the Hebrew foundations of the New Testament.
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