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Revelation Chapter 19 — The Cochin Manuscripts Interlinear Workbook

Discover the Hebrew New Testament as preserved by the Jews of Cochin, India — Word-for-Word Translation, Manuscript Images & Verse-by-Verse Interlinear Study

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 of our generation. This workbook presents Revelation Chapter 19 directly from two rare Hebrew New Testament manuscripts — the Cambridge MS Oo.1.16.2 and the Gaster MS 1616 — both traced back to a synagogue of the "black Jews" of Cochin, India, and brought to light through the research of Dr. Miles R. Jones and the Benai Emunah Institute.

Inside, you'll walk verse by verse through the dramatic climax of Revelation — the fall of Babylon, the heavenly Hallelujah chorus, the marriage supper of the Lamb, and the rider on the white horse called Faithful and True — exactly as recorded in these centuries-old Hebrew manuscripts.

What makes this workbook unique:

Full Hebrew Text Translation of each verse, rendered fresh from the original manuscripts — often revealing striking differences from the King James Version you may know
Side-by-side KJV comparison so you can see exactly where and how the wording differs
High-resolution manuscript page images from both Cambridge Oo.1.16.2 and Gaster 1616
Verified Hebrew transcriptions, with scribal variations between manuscripts marked in red
Word-by-word interlinear charts showing transliteration, grammatical parsing, and English meaning for every single word
Scholarly footnotes documenting scribal corrections, spelling variants, and manuscript history

A sample of what you'll uncover — in Revelation 19:1, where the KJV reads "Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God," the Cochin manuscripts instead read: "Honor, might, and glory be to Yehovah, our Master." Differences like these appear throughout the chapter, inviting you to examine the text with fresh eyes.

Whether you're a Hebrew student, a Bible scholar, or simply someone hungry to encounter Scripture in its most ancient known Hebrew form, this workbook gives you direct access to the manuscripts themselves — letter by letter, word by word.

Get your copy of Workbook 19 today and study Revelation 19 the way it was recorded by the Hebrew-speaking Jewish believers of Cochin, India.

“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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