Who Baptized Whom? What the Hebrew Manuscripts Reveal About What Really Happened at the Jordan River
Revelation Chapter 2 — Cochin Manuscripts Interlinear Workbook
A verse-by-verse Hebrew-English interlinear study of Revelation 2, from the Cambridge Oo.1.16.2 and Gaster MS 1616 Cochin manuscripts
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 word-by-word through Revelation Chapter 2 using two rare Hebrew New Testament manuscripts from Cochin, India. This workbook presents the Cambridge University Library MS Oo.1.16.2 and the Rylands Library's Gaster MS 1616 side by side, with page-view images of the original manuscripts, full Hebrew transcriptions, and detailed interlinear charts breaking down grammar and meaning for every word.
Each verse includes a fresh Hebrew-to-English translation alongside the King James Version for comparison, so you can see exactly where the texts align — and where they differ. Footnotes flag linguistic features like Aramaisms and Second Temple-period vocabulary, helping you understand the manuscripts' likely age and transmission history.
Produced by the Benai Emunah Institute for Accelerated Learning as part of an ongoing project studying Hebrew-language New Testament manuscripts.
Features
- Produced by a worldwide team of Hebrew transcribers, translators, and researchers
- Highlights key differences between the two manuscripts, including the treatment of the Name (Hashem/Elohim/Yehovah) and rabbinic abbreviations
- Scholarly footnotes explaining textual differences, word choices, and historical context
- Verified Hebrew transcription with consonants and vowel pointing
- Actual manuscript page images from both MS Oo.1.16.2 (Cambridge) and MS Gaster 1616 (Rylands Library)
- Side-by-side comparison with the KJV and the Hazon MS273 translation
- Full interlinear chart: Hebrew word, grammar, and English meaning for every wordVerse-by-verse breakdown following King James Version versification
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