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Revelation Chapter 10 — Cochin Hebrew Interlinear Workbook

Discover the Book of Revelation as preserved in two 18th-century Hebrew New Testament manuscripts from the Jewish community of Cochin, India

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.

Step into one of the most remarkable manuscript discoveries in modern biblical scholarship. This workbook presents Revelation Chapter 10 side-by-side from two Cochin, India manuscripts — MS Oo.1.16.2 (Cambridge University Library) and MS Gaster 1616 (Rylands Library, Manchester) — copied from a Hebrew New Testament translation by Ezekiel Rahabi, a Dutch East India Company merchant, and completed by Leopold van Dort in the early 1700s.

Read the vivid scene as it appears in the Hebrew text:

"I saw another messenger descending from the heavens, clothed in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His appearance was like the sun, his feet, like a flame, a fire... In his hand was one open scroll. He stepped with his right foot upon the sea and with his left upon the dry land."

Follow the mighty angel's oath — "There is no more time!" — and the haunting moment the apostle is told to eat the scroll: "Take, and swallow it, for it will be like honey in your mouth, but in your bowels it will give you grief."

Inside you'll find:

Full English translation of the Hebrew text, verse by verse
Side-by-side page images of both original manuscripts
Verified Hebrew transcriptions with scribal variants noted
A complete word-by-word interlinear chart with grammar and definitions
Scholarly footnotes comparing word choices to the Tanakh, Josephus, and Second Temple sources
Blank practice lines so you can build your own translation skills

Whether you're a Hebrew student, a biblical researcher, or simply curious how the earliest Jewish believers in India preserved the words of Revelation, this workbook puts the manuscripts directly in your hands.

“Dr. Jones and his team would love to share with you insights from our Hebrew Roots about this topic” – Writing of God (Benai Emunah Institute for Accelerated Learning)

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