Who Baptized Whom? What the Hebrew Manuscripts Reveal About What Really Happened at the Jordan River
Matthew Chapter 2 — Hebrew Compilation Interlinear
Compare 6+ Hebrew Matthew Manuscripts Side-by-Side with Word-by-Word Translation Notes
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.
Go beyond the King James translation and see what the Hebrew manuscripts of Matthew actually say. This verse-by-verse compilation walks through Matthew 2 — the birth narrative, the magi, Herod's decree, and the flight to Egypt — comparing multiple historic Hebrew sources side-by-side, including HGC Vat. Ebr. 100, Shem Tob Matthew (STM), DuTillet, Gaster Ms. 1616, Travancore-Cochin, Old Syriac, and HGC Vandale.
- The original Hebrew manuscript text with manuscript images
- A word-by-word transliteration and translation
- Root-word and grammar notes (with Tanach cross-references)
- Side-by-side comparison of how each historic source renders the verse
- Scholarly notes on translation choices — including the מלך (melekh) "king/messenger/angel" ambiguity, the identity of the magi, and prophecy fulfillment citations (Micah 5:2, Hosea 11:1, Jeremiah 31:15)
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