Hebrew Voices #72 – Hebrew Luke and John Found in Vatican Junk Box

December 5, 2021

In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Hebrew Luke and John Found in Vatican Junk Box, Nehemia Gordon talks about how he discovered Hebrew manuscripts of Luke and John! These manuscripts have never been shared with the public before this was … Continue reading →

In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Hebrew Luke and John Found in Vatican Junk Box, Nehemia Gordon talks about how he discovered Hebrew manuscripts of Luke and John! These manuscripts have never been shared with the public before this was aired and are particularly interesting when compared to the Greek text. They are also another proof that the name of God is unequivocally Yehovah and clearly show the pronunciation of the name Yeshua.You can download a full transcription and translation of the surviving portions of the Hebrew gospels of Luke and John from the Vatican below. Elvira wrote: “I am so glad you are getting this out there to the world. I was able to read along with the download of the documents as you read them out loud. What a privilege! What an era to live in!”

I look forward to reading your comments!

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Hebrew Voices #72 - Hebrew Gospels from a Vatican Junk Box

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Nehemia: And as I’m looking through the junk box, I’m seeing hundreds of pages from many different books, and all of a sudden I come across a page, and I look at this and I say, “Wait a minute. That’s a Gospel in Hebrew.”

Benjamin Netanyahu: Le ma’an Zion lo ekhesheh, u’l’ma’an Yerushalayim lo eshkot. (For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest. Isaiah 62:1)

Michael: This is a day I’ve been waiting for for nearly two decades. What we are going to present to you tonight, I have been waiting for a long time since Nehemia came out with his original work on Shem-Tov’s Hebrew Matthew, and we toured the United States over a two-month period of time with Raiders of the Lost Book – Discoveries in the Ancient Hebrew Text of the Gospel of Matthew. And Nehemia had, at that time, uncovered several texts of the Hebrew Matthew that had not been known, that had been hidden away in the archives of Jewish scribes for an untold number of years, and because of his research, we were able to solve problems that were unintelligible in the Greek text of the Gospel of Matthew, and also in the English text.

And so, these discoveries in the Hebrew text of Matthew gave us insights into the Gospels that had eluded scholars for generations. Now, Nehemia is going to bring forth some of the other Gospels that he has now found in the Hebrew language. We have Nehemia’s book, The Greek Jesus Versus the Hebrew Yeshua. This is where he lays out the detail of solving the problem of Matthew 23. And ladies and gentlemen, I suggest that you get these and you study them, because it’s going to lay the groundwork of what, now, we’re able to lay out after all these years. You are going to be the first ones to see it, and tonight I’m going to be the first one to see some of these manuscripts for the first time myself.

Nehemia, it’s good to have you back.

Nehemia: Great to be back.

Comments

Daniel GowApril 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM

They believe the myth its first written in greek , tho we have 20 church fathers state 70+ times its written first in hebrew.

Daniel GowApril 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM

You are right,
thinking her. There are christian native english speaking biblical scholars that delve deeply into greek learning all the nuances of the greek roots.
soon there will be way more growth in those that delve into the hebrew in the same way.
A high quality interlinear heb n.t. is currently being worked on by Dr Miles Jones.
As a Native english speaker, this is the next best thing , as each page for each word contains a basic word study.
We just need additions to a concordance of the handful of heb nt words that dont appear in the tanach.
Zephaniah 3:9

Colin MayhewSeptember 30, 2024 at 5:14 PM

So how does this enable our understanding of
of the biblical text? We should take account of the fact there is NO direct,word for word translation of the Hebrew into English.What you read is a COMMENTARY of what the Hebrew says.

English and Hebrew exist in a theoretical web of approachs that only partially overlap.
Hebrew is a Semitic language which forms concepts on the basis of a pyramidal root. For example “sh-l-m” is the root of the noun “shalom” which means “peace” . simply translating it as “peace” eliminates all the associations attached to the root letters. the core meaning of “sh-l-m” is “complete or whole. Even the verb “to pay” (leshalem) reflects this association,by paying, you are completing a transaction.
These associations are wired into the language enabling a Hebrew speaker to deduce implied deeper meanings in the text. An English translation can never apprehend these distinctions
Translations of the Bible do their best to capture the original but they are, and only ever can be, an interpretation. A translation is better than nothing but it is really only going to give you a rough overview of the text.

TeeJaySeptember 7, 2024 at 3:10 PM

I so enjoyed this video, even though it was posted a long time ago. What caught my attention and absolutely astounded me was that Mr. Gordon very glibly said that he was not a Christian, not a Messianic Jew. How sad, sad, sad this is. He is so conversant with the Scriptures, both the Old and New Covenants, yet he remains an unbeliever in Yeshua Messiah. Indeed, he has my prayers.

Henry IIApril 17, 2024 at 7:02 AM

The Vulgata text reads ”in principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum’ The Hebrew text here seems to be a translation from Latin into Hebrew, not the Hebrew source. I think that the Hebrew grammar would be slightly different here. Especially the Latin ‘apud’ is suspicious in my eyes. Still, nice to find these forgotten texts.

micheal menardSeptember 21, 2023 at 3:56 PM

i don’t want to see the english translation of the hebrew: luke and john . i want to see the hebrew writings of luke and john.

Shaun T.September 5, 2023 at 9:15 AM

What is this? How am I just now hearing about this? How old are these manuscripts? Why is all of biblical academia not talking about this?

peter smallwoodDecember 22, 2022 at 9:11 AM

I was asked a question about the video you made about the Vatican junk box regarding john 1 v 1 someone asked how old is that manuscript
did you ever make a video just reading the verse 1 without shopping to chat as some think because i paused it they assume i edited out words,
thanks peter from the uk

peter smallwoodDecember 22, 2022 at 9:03 AM

Well to me, if he never read it, then it was not there as you can see he did read all of it, the bible is Trinitarian anyway it alters lots of verse to turn Jesus into god

peter smallwoodDecember 22, 2022 at 9:00 AM

The WORD is Jesus not the Torah
as far as i can tell

Timothy WaresOctober 27, 2022 at 2:26 AM

I have a question for you Nehemia, hopefully you see this. In John 1:1 where it says Elohim And Elohim, is that meaning to say: God and God, or God and gods? Or perhaps even God of Hosts/God of gods?
Is there any precedence to the usage/meaning of Elohim And Elohim?

Van VannoyJuly 7, 2022 at 8:11 PM

Two very important questions from the “christian” perspective that came up for me in Acts from this great video you did last year and i just watched again for umpteenth time:

1. What is your definition of “be baptized”… from a Hebrew historical context? (Acts 2:37). I’m wondering if it really means something to the effect of accepting the teachings/lifestyle/character?? of the person/diety yiu are being baptized into?

2. Could “the law” taught by Gamaliel in Acts 5:34 be referring to the Oral Torah rather than the real Torah. If so, then could same be true when Paul talks about “the Law” causing the confusion that Yeshua did away with requirement of keeping Torah (which of course was exactly opposite of what He taught)?

Your teachings on Hebrew roots have been life changing. Keep up the good work.

NerminJanuary 31, 2022 at 2:39 PM

Greatings. Do you think this Hebrew manuscript originates 100 BC?

James lundriganDecember 16, 2021 at 2:10 AM

blessings to you in Yehovah’s great name!
i have a question, when i was listen to you read this john in the hebrew and traslated it, i notice that it read how Yeshua was “next to” Yehovah. but I noticed as you were reading that I did not hear you read “and the word was Yehovah/God” does that line not exist in the hebrew manuscripts? thank you brother! blessings and peace to you!

David Heilbron PriceDecember 11, 2021 at 11:52 AM

Nehemia, can you be more enthusiastic at these wonderful finds?? Probably not. Nor can I! Many, many thanks for the detailed background about the Vatican ‘odds and ends’ box and most of all for your transcript and translation. Let’s hope there are more discoveries to come.

David Heilbron PriceDecember 11, 2021 at 5:30 AM

The word ‘aish’ =man here may be taken as husband. Thus she is saying I have not known my husband sexually. Mariam was married= betrothed v27, equivalent to modern marriage and requiring divorce (get) to break. v31 Behold you are pregnant may be prophetic present, indicating she had had 3 regular periods and was therefore considered fertile and legally fit to bear a child (niddah rules). Or ‘Behold, a pregnant woman!’ and who ‘will birth a son’.

Another TravellerDecember 9, 2021 at 9:07 AM

The original Hebrew language was written with pictographic letters. The pictograhic letters reveal the basis for the meaning of a Hebrew word. Elohim, mostly translated as God, is made up of Aleph, depicted as a bulls head, Lamed, a shepherd’s crook, Hey, a stick image of a man holding his hands up in the air, Yod, an arm with a hand about to grip hold of something, Mem, a picture of a wave in linear form with up and down lines.
The composite meaning of the word could be seen as:
The authoritative Teacher that Reveals the GenerationS i.e. (what flows in time – water, blood and offspring)

Other various but representative interpretations of those picture letters would be equally valid

danielDecember 6, 2021 at 12:31 AM

No one is claiming this is a 1st or 2nd C manuscript. It’s obviously a copy of a copy of a copy, (etc., etc.), but from a different recension of known Gr. manuscripts, and maintains Hebraisms. When Nehemia said he didn’t know if this was ‘the original Hebrew’, I’m quite sure he meant the original words, verbatim, preserved down thru the many copies.

Michael R. DavenportJuly 21, 2021 at 12:15 PM

Wow! Thrilling information! I love it! What an amazing find! Some of the church people will not be happy though, because they have replaced the Almighty with His Son. I will get back to you soon for more info. Thank you so much!

David O. FredinJune 30, 2021 at 10:23 AM

Dear Nehemiah, I have read the the begining of Johns gospel, the Catalonian version. The text actual read:
“In the begining was the son of Eloha, and the son of El with ha-El: and so ha-El was Eloha”. (That is by representation of the son, God acted, showed his power).

The word וכן is clear, the secvond letter is a caf not a bet. It reads “and so”, not “and the son”.

In hebrew:
בתחילה היה בנ אלוה, ובנ האל עם האל, וכן האל היה אלוה

To my disgust the translation on hebrewgospels.com “translated” the prologue of John like
this:

“In the begining the son of God was Eloha, the son of El was both with El, and the son of El was Eloha”.

This is not even a translation, it is a falsification of easy hebrew!

Dear Nehemiah, please put peoples attention to the facts I pointed to above.

With regards
David O. Fredin

Dr. Ramon Argila de Torres y SandovalMay 13, 2021 at 6:08 AM

Carbon 14 has traditionally been used to date object for which a suspected date is available as a check. For example; we believe that occurred in 100 BC, we found organic remains at the site and C14 indicates the age of the objects found correlate to 100 BC.

ShawnApril 14, 2021 at 7:58 AM

Really surprised that there was no mention of the ‘ghost’ letters on the scans of the pages… whether or not they’ve been analyzed.

JCFebruary 17, 2021 at 12:41 AM

John 6:4 is a 3rd person verse added because of translation from Hebrew to Greek or because the Greek writer was unfamiliar with the Jewish feasts , Ezekiel 1:3 is 2nd person but no translation excuse? Daniel 1- 6 unknown speaker + Nebuchadnezzar speaks in 1st person but not debated by Christians or explained by Jews? even more shocking the sign of Dove(Jonah) could refer to pentecost or even the fall of Nineveh just as Jonah warned which refers to Jesus warning of the destruction of Jerusalem that happened in 70. Everybody out there MUST READ THIS, Hitler was a Roman Catholic and Catholics are not Christians!!!”

Michael TomJanuary 17, 2021 at 10:20 AM

I have a painting my grandmother painted when I was 16. After my mother passed away I received it, I took it in to have a frame made for it. The owner asked me about it and I told him its story. He said he knew my story was true because the company who made the canvas it was painted on went out of business in the early 70’s.

I tell you this story because we don’t need to carbon date everything to know when it was written. No living language is ‘static’. Hebrew has not stayed the same over the centuries no more than English or any other langer. So, the language itself, the paper, the ink, the writing style, and so much more tell us when it was written. My understanding is that carbon dating is not always accurate and gives a wide variance of when it ‘might’ have been made. It’s not like it pinpoints a specific date. And, if you carbon date something you destroy a portion of it in order to do the test.

Michael JacobsAugust 6, 2020 at 5:09 PM

Vowel and cantillation marks were added to the older consonantal layer of the Bible between 600 CE and the beginning of the 10th century. The scholars who preserved the pronunciation of the Bibles were known as the Masoretes. These junk scripts can only be far later versions of the Greek texts.

Michael JacobsAugust 6, 2020 at 4:50 PM

Hebrew uses the original alphabet, which was invented for Hebrew or a close cousin to it. As with other Semitic languages, only the consonants were written down (no vowels). Around 700 ce, various systems for writing vowels were developed for Semitic languages, with each language developing distinct vowel symbols.

Michael JacobsAugust 6, 2020 at 4:35 PM

I have a question: How can we be certain that this Hebrew Luke Gospel or the Gospel of John are not late translations of the Greek manuscripts? Maybe could be done a carbon 14 test? Or some other time test? I am very suspicious to see a manuscript written with vowels and come from the first or second century A.D. As I know the vowels were invented and put by scribes between 500-1000 A.D. in the Hebrew text.

Michael JacobsAugust 6, 2020 at 3:39 PM

The prosbul was instituted by Hillel. The Mishnah states that when he saw that the people refrained from giving loans one to another before the Sabbatical Year, thereby transgressing “Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart,” etc. (Deut. 15:9), he instituted the prosbul (Shev. 9:3). The Talmud therefore explained prosbul as pruz buli u-buti, meaning an advantage for both the rich and poor. It benefited the rich since it secured their loans, and the poor since it enabled them to borrow (Git. 37a).

Robert NicholasJuly 22, 2020 at 4:46 AM

Nehemiah; is there a list/catalogue available of these Hebrew gospels with information on where they were found, there approximate age, names of translators if possible, etc etc. From what Michael says at the beginning they are not the work of Shem Tov but it would be nice to know who or at least a little more.

cephashJune 19, 2020 at 8:11 AM

Not Daniel 7?

Theresa SylvesterFebruary 27, 2020 at 8:50 AM

It is being said that verses 1st John 5:7-8 were added please expound on this please.

auntgannyFebruary 25, 2020 at 8:05 PM

God (Elohim)’s name is “Yehovah”. Strong OT# 3068. ‘Yah’ is a poetic form of Yehovah’s Name. When we sing Hallelujah in music, we are actually singing Hallelu-Yah….”praise Yehovah”. Also, In Hebrew, the ‘Vav’ is not pronounce as a ‘W’ but as a ‘V’.

His Son’s name is “Yehowshu`a” or I write it Yeho-shua, which means Yehovah Saves. The shortened form of it is Y’shua, or in the Aramaic language, “Yeshua”.

OT:3068 Yehovah (yeh-ho-vaw’); from OT:1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:

OT:3088 Yehowshuwa` (yeh-ho-shoo’-ah); or Yehowshu`a (yeh-ho-shoo’-ah); from OT:3068 and OT:3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader: -Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua….(Ed. as well as the complete name of Jesus in Hebrew)

(Biblesoft’s New Exhaustive Strong’s Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006, 2010 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

Maybe someone else will be able to explain better, and I hope you can get all your questions answered.

John DelgadoFebruary 23, 2020 at 9:52 PM

As a child I would ask my dad how is it 3 days an 3 nites(Christian Easter) I would ask what is God’s name. While in prison I found these answers, but I found in Strongs Concordance
1943hovah another form for 1942 means ruin an mischief, 3050Yah means Lord, most vehement.
I stumble on this, Please help me understand.
I use bible verse John14:10,11 “I am in the father an the father in me” so wouldn’t it be pronounced as so??
(spelled as I pronounce)
Yahshuwah + Yahowah= Yahoshuwah
Son in Father Father in Son
I’m Greatfull for your programming, forgiving me “Teacher” I am not as educated as most but I want to serve, as you an Mr Rood serve God
Thank you

Milton D BeattieJanuary 13, 2020 at 2:54 PM

Have you ever figured out why the genealogy in Gen 5 and later has Methuselah out living the flood?

This is key to what you are thinking above.

Ancient texts have different datings and all agree that Methuselah did die before the flood as the Bible says in words but violates in dates.

These tweaked dates are also why the secular records don’t line up with Biblical records.

A video on that you may find amazing is Patterns of Evidence.

It will affirm your trust of the historical record in Scripture MUCH!!!

Milton D BeattieJanuary 13, 2020 at 2:44 PM

If you want to know and Understand about THE Son of Man term Jesus referred to Himself as, you will need to read Enoch!!!

The First Scripture for the Last Time!!!

Being Restored by YHWH Now!

Here is a link to Enoch at Chapter 46 where the Son of Man is described.

(btw don’t bother with 2 or 3 Enoch. One Enoch is legit short of the Aramaic DSS of it being revealed to tidy up what we have in Ethiopic from Greek ancient manuscripts.)

auntgannyNovember 14, 2019 at 5:54 PM

YadaYah, did you ever get any help on your questions? Are you doing okay now, or still greatly confused?

Han & HannyNovember 14, 2019 at 2:27 PM

thank you so much for giving us the translation of the gospels from Hebrew. Please is there a Hebrew version of John 6:53-55 for you to translate into English?? We really want to understand that part. since we believe Yeshua speaks about Pesach, not a “holy communion” the church made of it. Besides that both the Tenach and the Britt Hadashah forbid the drinking of blood. . So why would yeshua order his disciples to do so figuratively? Hope you can shed some light on this bible verse .we would like to get insight on the Hebrew linguistics of that part. shalom from the Netherlands Han & Hanny.

danielMay 5, 2019 at 11:16 PM

I can only imagine your level of frustration – but feel much the same way without having come from the same place!

Katherine WitherellMarch 19, 2019 at 11:11 PM

Thank you for the presentation and also the PDF with Vatican Library links! I checked them out, and found the name Yeshua and Yehovah a few times already- so cool. I can’t wait for more information to come out about these manuscripts!

Richard RapierNovember 24, 2018 at 7:48 AM

Thanks for being honest and being yourself. You express the frustration felt by many who seek truth

Beverley A KazmierczakOctober 6, 2018 at 5:33 PM

I belive that all book of holy word was is in Hebrew, before dump dumpmade took it over

WarrenJuly 30, 2018 at 8:56 PM

Yeah that’s what I would probably feel like too after spending so much time tripping about words. I am honestly starting to miss the days I knew nothing about “Greek Primacy”, or “Arabic primacy”, or whether I should say “Holy” or ” Set apart”. It was so much simpler when I just read Jesus’ words from my KJV NT and was learning about how He wanted me to live.

YadaYahJuly 10, 2018 at 10:19 AM

please please please can you do a post on early Jewish theology and THE SON OF MAN – Joseph is referred to S.o.M. in Genesis in the base words clear as day: בן אדם – this is a big deal cuz the S.o.M echos the egyptians savior (which we all know with Joseph and Ham (or 1 of Noahs sons), then Solomon influences on their theologies over Yah’s Times, that doesnt NOT make sense at all… but i haven’t seen anything to help me understand what Israel heard really when Jesus said He was The Son of Man.

YadaYahJuly 10, 2018 at 10:12 AM

I obtained a Hebrew copy of the NT published by England for converting Jews to Chrtianity in 1981. It looks just like a Harkavay (font type/ paper/binding/etc)… I heard what NT says when it says Jesus said “they’ll always be hearing, and never perceiving”… and I noticed how without the jots/tittles the same base words are rendered a dozen different ways. So I have been wrestling with the OT Hebrew in my Harkavays and Readers Hebrew bibles for a bit trying to find His Words and understand what they mean.

I open up this Hebrew NT and feel slapped in the face, it was published in 1981 – I was 6 – I open it up and its soooooo easy to read right from the start in Hebrew – the English is saying The Sermon on the Mount, but the Hebrew is saying He is The Son of Man, He is The Monorah, He is The Light, He is Olam, on and on and on – where the translator found all these words hiding to make them fit “the script” somehow i do not know – when I go to the 5 books I have to dig deep to even find 1… they’re all in Genesis but Jesus seemed to be giving His Sermon very specifically on The Law and right after blessings, He goes into 10 commandments and then refers to the cursings as “woes”… He is disputing the entire theology of the OT. Idk what to do with this 81 yet – just the Hebrew that started as Hebrew is a spiritual wrestling trying to engage – adding to it Greek that very strongly seems to be from Hebrew, retranslated from Greek back to alledged Hebrew representing the English better than the Greek does – aRgggghH for real – i wanna cry. you would think any translator would use the words in the passage of scripture Jesus is specifically referencing (for instance אשר is found in OT as blessed, but not in the blessings… ברך is used…) this is 1 of 3 i checked before i gave up for the night, grabbed a bottle of wine and ranted at God for a few hours in prayer while attempting to suppress emoting scorny bent Isaiah meets youtube ranter posts on my Facebook. My brain hurts and my heart hurts more. ?

YeshayahJuly 7, 2018 at 10:36 AM

Nehemiah makes a good point about the word “ormah”. I am reading through Yehoshua, and in chapter 9 we find that the inhabitants of Givon acted בערמה which is translated as slyly, the exact opposite of what Zecharyah and Elisheva are being commended for, namely being righteous בלתי ערמה. Pretty cool to see!

ChaverJune 30, 2018 at 7:59 PM

Any idea of the date this may have been written?
Shalom!

144kministriesJune 30, 2018 at 6:39 AM

Nehemia, you mention that Rashi tells a story of Abram breaking up his father’s idols. That story is found in Sefer ha-Yashar. I have listened to your commentary on the “Book of Jasher” that you do not believe that it is authentic because it is referred to in the book of Joshua and yet there are references to historical events that occurred well after Joshua’s time. Do this same logic not also apply to Torah? You state in your commentary of Jasher that you believe that Moses wrote all the books of Torah yet there are events that are described that occurred after the death of Moses.

Sefer ha-Yashar is not Torah. There is no prohibition against adding to or taking away from so it is not law, however there is information to be gleaned – especially as it pertains to Nimrod and the pagan feasts that were created to honor Ha Satan that are being practices to this day by people calling themselves “Christian” but who are truly “Constantine Christians” for the follow the teachings of the pagan Roman Emperor Constantine rather than the teachings of Yeshua ben Yahovah.

There is also good information regarding the Melchizadek priesthood (not the false one proclaimed by the Mormons) that was passed from Adam to Noah’s son Shem who because king of Salem (Jerusalem) and how Abram was sent to live with Noah and his son’s after Nimrod sought to have the infant killed after his prophets saw a sign after leaving the home of Terah after the birth of Abram. It also tells what happened to Lot’s father and why Abram felt the need to watch over his brother’s son.

The Melchizadek priesthood was passed down to Abraham by Shem (called Melchizadek – it is a title and not a name) after the rescue of Lot and the defeat of the kings that had raided the land. Shem paid a 10th of the spoils to Abraham and passed on the priesthood that eventually died out and was replaced by the temporary Aaronic priesthood until it was restored and was passed on to Yeshua ben Yahovah (where it will not depart).

My thoughts regarding the Sefer ha-Yashar is that it is a historical record that someone felt the need to update throughout history as best they could. But if Rashi references it (Abram and his father’s idols), then why not read it but remember that Torah is the foundation of our faith and the true Word of Yahovah and, if there is anything contained in the Sefer ha-Yashar that deviates from Torah, then Torah wins!

JosephJune 28, 2018 at 11:07 AM

Thanks! I’ll check it out… though i don’t have access yet.

Ann Marie WatsonJune 27, 2018 at 8:57 PM

This was such a wonderful podcast, I had to listen to it again. Thank you again. Yehovah is truly moving among His people and calling them by name.

144kministriesJune 27, 2018 at 8:25 PM

Yes, under the Support Team Studies, Nehemia addresses this in the teaching “Wow-Its-A-Vav”

JanJune 25, 2018 at 12:21 AM

Wow Saint is Catholic word, we should use Hebrew Kedoshim, or Holy Ones.

Bruce MacLearnsberryJune 23, 2018 at 10:40 PM

Hello Nehemia:
Thank you for sharing the information regarding the Hebrew testimony (gospel) fragments. I’m eagerly looking forward to more on the Hebrew fragments from the other New Testament books you uncovered.
I am curious to know in each case if these look to you be translations from the Greek or reflect a Hebrew-to-Hebrew text transmission independent of the Greek. I’m also curious if there’s anything we can glean about their age, if they come from a single library and the type of Jew or Jews responsible for their existence. Presumably they were confiscated by the Catholics from people forfeiting their belongings.
Jews remaining literate of Hebrew, yet cradling the message of the New Testament, though largely hidden, will never go extinct–for which we can all be grateful.

David JohnsonJune 23, 2018 at 3:29 PM

How can I access this?

David JohnsonJune 23, 2018 at 3:26 PM

How would I access that?

Lia DexterJune 23, 2018 at 1:15 AM

A quick question — Gospel of Yochanan v 6 — why did you translate Elohim as God there and elsewhere it is Elohim? My Hebrew is limited so I may be misreading/misinterpreting
Thank you so much – exciting material

Gregg WJune 22, 2018 at 11:44 PM

Nehemia, Watching this again (3rd or so time). It dawns on me now, if you found 1 page from the gospel of John in the junk box, the Vatican should have the rest of the book there somewhere. This page fell out and was tossed in the box, but where is the book it came out of? I so pray Yehovah will cause that and more to be released to the world soon! Yehovah bless you for all the great work you are doing and have done. I am so glad I was led to hear you speak and get your books several years ago. These revelations have changed my life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

ytlJune 22, 2018 at 9:38 PM

thanks for all your teachings. Much appreciated.

Ann Marie WatsonJune 22, 2018 at 9:21 AM

As always you are my hero, my teacher, a profit sent to us in modern times to bring us back to the truth of our Fathers. Thank you for answering the call.

Adri KrugerJune 22, 2018 at 6:27 AM

Ze tov…toda raba

James MathisJune 22, 2018 at 12:41 AM

Ok so we have maybe have a manuscript, real or memorex, recorded 70+yrs after supposed accessions of The savior? REALLY??

Dave ChristensenJune 21, 2018 at 11:21 PM

In your audio, you skipped over the sentence:

“And Elohim, he was the Word.”

This is the one that the Trinitarians give us trouble with.
Can you explain it?

miriamJune 21, 2018 at 10:04 PM

Well I can tell you that document 1r[04.fs.000] is from Jeremiah 13 and 1v[02.fs.000] is in German and filmed upside down! Interesting stuff. Shalom.

William BlackJune 21, 2018 at 8:44 PM

WOW! WOW! WOWSA!
My soul was dancing as I listened!
As u xplained meaning of word in Hebrew about ..next to….my mind goes to seeing TORAH as an entity, not just precpts being written down as just words on scrolls.
So I picture TORAH…along side of YEHOVAH ….”in the beginning”….as the monitor of all creation.
Also see John 1:1……In Ber’ashite (sp) in a different concept.

As I understand, WORD to any Hebrew, would be..TORAH.

Thus …In the beginning was ..the (specific) WORD….Torah

And the WORD..TORAH..was with YEHOVAH…

And the WORD was YEHOVAH…

The same…TORAH…was “in the beginning” with—-duuhhhh—-YEHOVAH..

NOW a problem…

Vs3….All things were made by him…him not being in caps signifying YEHOVAH…so is the “him” TORAH as an entity or just a poor translationor is it YEHOVAH?
Your thoughts appreciated!

Elisheva BurkeJune 21, 2018 at 5:07 PM

Thank you Nehemia for sharing with us. It’s precious Elizabeth Burke.

Angela MackinnonJune 21, 2018 at 3:52 PM

Thank you! Very exciting!!!

DannyJune 21, 2018 at 1:18 PM

Nehemia your prayer at the end brought chills to me asking for Yehovah to soon send forth his Son to finish the restoration of all things wow.

Anita TadeuszowJune 21, 2018 at 12:26 PM

May your prayer be answered soon! Thank-you for sharing your discovery.

Anita TadeuszowJune 21, 2018 at 12:24 PM

Sheva is neither a consonant nor a vowel… and it is a short “e” sound (transliterated as an upside down e).

Karen PowellJune 21, 2018 at 10:20 AM

Sorry if this offends some but history can be offensive.The Catholic/Church of Rome was opposed to Scriptural Sabbath keeping Christains and use to hunt Christains down to wipe them out.Just like the Nazi’s use to hunt down the Jews,kill them, and take they’reart,gold,possessions. (So that you might understand the caution) Scriptural Sabbath Keeping Christains typically do not view themselves as having anything to do with Catholism or it’s daugthers. The Roman Church would hunt them down,kill them, and take they’re scrptures.(booty)So the Christains became very secretive and basically were very selective of who they shared they’re scriptues with ( because of the persecution and threats to life) and basically went underground. Some Scriptual Chistains might only give out a page or a verse to someone they might want to share the scriptures with.Sometimes,secretly passing pages off.This could be one of those items that were taken from such Sabbath Keepers or individuals they passed them to.So you may not have a full book in Hebrew.But, it’s nice that there is evidence of it being in Hebrew.

Marsha BoltonJune 21, 2018 at 8:30 AM

I WAS UNABLE TO STAY IN MY CHAIR AS I LISTENED TO THIS PODCAST. I WAS LITERALLY LEAPING WITH JOY AROUND MY LIVING ROOM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, NEHEMIAH.

JosephJune 21, 2018 at 8:23 AM

Fascinating. Could someone point me to a teaching about phonetic and pronunciation rules that preclude the pronunciation of the Holy Name from being Yehowah or Yehuwah? Basically, I’m curious about the “vav” vs. “waw” arguments. I’ve seen a few arguments on both sides, but I’m still not settled on it myself.

Ross BoraanJune 21, 2018 at 8:07 AM

All I can say is, WOW! AMAZING! Thank you, Nehemiah Gordon

Laura OlsonJune 20, 2018 at 1:38 PM

Note the vowel pointing, which did not exist till after 1000a.d.
So excited? Yes. Preceding the Greek? I await Nehemia’s opinion on it.

Laura OlsonJune 20, 2018 at 1:37 PM

The vowels being present, show these two gospels to be less than a thousand years old, right?

Kyle BondJune 20, 2018 at 9:37 AM

These findings unveil more truth that the disciples would have first written the letters in Hebrew and that these things were hidden for a reason. All glory to Yehovah for unmasking these treasures and using you to do so. His plan can not be stopped!

Kyle BondJune 20, 2018 at 9:29 AM

I like your explanation.

Stan SpenceJune 20, 2018 at 6:48 AM

Love this, can’t get enough. can you post and ‘roughly’ translate your found John & Luke documents like you did the first 2 chapters you found of Revelation?

Nehemiah, you say you blessed but we are also blessed by your findings to get even closer to YehoVaH more and more every day.
Shalom

Stan SpenceJune 20, 2018 at 6:42 AM

Septuagint says “Look, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and you shall name him Emmanouel.”

SteveMay 21, 2018 at 7:16 PM

I tried to post this earlier, so please pardon any duplicate: Do we have any provenance for these extant texts — what year they date to for starters? Great finds!

SteveMay 21, 2018 at 12:30 PM

Do we have provenance information for these texts — what century these extant texts from etc.? Great find!

KelvinMay 13, 2018 at 7:08 PM

To YAH be all the glory, honor and praise forever and ever…Amein!

KelvinMay 13, 2018 at 7:03 PM

Good point there Bob!

KelvinMay 13, 2018 at 6:59 PM

I suggest you watch Michael Rood’s Shabbat Night Live’s episode presenting Nehemiah’s amazing discovery Wellington.

auntgannyMay 6, 2018 at 2:18 PM

Thanks, Jacob. I was wondering about that myself. Mystery cleared up!

Jacob RigalMay 5, 2018 at 6:26 PM

YHVH Is Spirit/Breath. It’s hard to speak without breathing. Words are actually compression waves of breath/air, and so the Word is God’s Breath (That’s Him!) moved by his Speech in such a way as to create the Universe. Therefore, the Word(s) He spoke are also His Spirit, so it’s Him, echad!, just configured so you and I can see, smell, and handle(!). Every atom and molecule is part of God. So, Gen. 1:1-1:2 can solve your question. It doesn’t have to be theological, it can just be logical and natural.

Jacob RigalMay 5, 2018 at 6:15 PM

Access to the manuscripts has been limited by technology until recently. As Nehemiah said on Shabbat night live, he saw them on micro-film, but didn’t have access to high quality photos until recently.

NickMay 5, 2018 at 1:34 AM

Not trying to be a critic, but Nehemia’s research on the Tetragrammaton should lead one to understand that first vowel in the Name is the Hebrew letter “Shva” and pronounced in English with a short “e” sound, as in the Hebrew names Yehonatan, Yehoshua, etc. — not a short “a” sound. Shalom.

Caitlin HouseMay 4, 2018 at 7:20 AM

I saw this on Shabbat Night Live. So exciting!!! Praise YeHoVaH!

Craig ClugstonMay 3, 2018 at 8:49 PM

Keep up the good work may Yahova Bless you. Please do more of the hebrew gospels.

Walter DolenMay 1, 2018 at 12:37 PM

Very important information. Someone needs to search the archives (without letting them know what you are looking for) and search out the actual books these leaves came from. I thought that IBM had already digitalized the Vatican’s archive.

RoseAnne LindsayApril 30, 2018 at 7:02 PM

Wow, Nehemia! You have brought me to tears! Seeing these 2 gospels in Hebrew is so inspiring & touching! Thank you, thank you, thank you for your work on these manuscript pages & for sharing them with us! Such a blessing!!!

SimonApril 30, 2018 at 6:04 PM

If you found these in early 2000s , why has it been so long to come to light.

auntgannyApril 30, 2018 at 10:04 AM

Angela, it is really exciting to see the Hebrew writing and translation here. If you can find a copy of the Aramaic English New Testament which comes from the Eastern Manuscripts, you will also find YHVH/Yehovah all over the place in the New Testament….such a blessing to read and at times astonishing to see the relationship between Yeshua and Yehovah.

mikesayenApril 30, 2018 at 2:34 AM

Can you also decipher a better translation of the Hebrew Matthew?

ThomasApril 29, 2018 at 5:43 PM

Thank you Nehemiah. I look forward to much much more.

Lori YoungApril 29, 2018 at 7:17 AM

I have been reading text about the virgin birth. And in this document there seems to be the error. Miryam is said by Gabriel to be pregnant, then miryam says she hasnt known a man. Matthew and Luke are the only places the virgin birth is mentioned and Isaiah 7:14 is not about the virgin birth of Yeshua. Am i misunderstanding this text?

AngelaApril 28, 2018 at 9:08 PM

Nehemia thank You so much for sharing those manuscripts in Hebrew, what a gift. To see both names YEshua and YHVH in the gospels of Luke and John and to hear their pronunciation in Hebrew is a complete Privilege!
Elohim continue blessing and using you to teach us!,,!

YvonneApril 28, 2018 at 8:45 PM

Nehemia: So thrilled to have these documents. You are so loved.

litolabradorApril 28, 2018 at 2:30 PM

Fair enough…

Do we have other textual examples in Hebrew texts where 2 different ‘things’ are equated as the same thing and is there a linguistic rule for such occurrences?

Thanks Nehemiah. Appreciate your time.

WellingtonApril 28, 2018 at 11:14 AM

Hello Nehemia. I know you prefer to stay out of the theological issues. But what does it really say at John 1:1 according to the hebrew grammar? It is not a matter of taking sides, just please let us know what exactly is in the text. Thankyou for your great job anyway. All the best!

Nehemia GordonApril 28, 2018 at 10:34 AM

That’s a theological issue, not a textual one. I stay out of theological issues.

litolabradorApril 28, 2018 at 10:11 AM

Wondering what insight you may have regarding the Hebrew version of John 1:1 – Particularly, your rendering ‘And Elohim, he was the
Word.’ Does this, in your thinking, further the teaching of Yeshua’s deity?

memoca07April 28, 2018 at 8:06 AM

How to interpreter “And Elohim, he was the word” ? the this was in the beginning Next to Elohim?

KenApril 28, 2018 at 7:38 AM

What a feast! I am as excited and as emotional as a little child to have received all of these blessings through you and your work. The Bible is the Bedrock. It is the only possible foundation. I am having a good Shabbat. Toda raba Nehemia.

Jim BeasApril 28, 2018 at 6:53 AM

May Yehovah be with you! I agree with you that these times are the most exciting to be alive, outside of being at Mt sinai and hearing the voice of Yehovah. Praying for you.

Bob BlairApril 28, 2018 at 5:20 AM

I eat a good meal when I am hungry to sustain me physically. Hunger is a truth that does not need validating; it shows up three times a day. I study God’s word to sustain me spiritually because I hunger and thirst after righteousness. Nehemia’s findings are a great sustenance. Taste and see that the Lord (Yehovah) is good.

UKJApril 28, 2018 at 3:30 AM

Yochanan one verse 10

He was in the world and the world was made through him.

Nehemiah,

I do have a question:”The world was made through him”
Can the word “through” have more than one meaning?
Could it be translated as “for”? And the world was made for him?

Thank you!

RebekahApril 28, 2018 at 2:58 AM

This is very exciting!. I am always humbled by your Hard unendiing labor for Truth and Wisdom. Wherever you find it and whatever your beliefs you don’t let that stop you. With Admiration, Thank You Nehemiah

UKJApril 28, 2018 at 1:36 AM

Yehovah hears prayers.

What can I say but Thank You!

Kitty CorbettApril 27, 2018 at 9:37 PM

Having found ancient fragments of these “gospels” written in Hebrew does not make the tales they tell any more true or validate them.

Stephen FeinsteinApril 27, 2018 at 9:03 PM

Any idea of a date of composition on this Hebrew Gospel

Cissi Robinson PartonApril 27, 2018 at 9:02 PM

Thank you for ALL you do. To share with you, I use to read the 1st 13 verses of John over and over when I was a kid. It was like poetry to me. Now, to hear you read it in Hebrew and see it written in Hebrew, it made my heart soar. And the place from where you found this manuscript, I can’t help but laugh. HaShem has such a sense of humor. It was placed there just for you to find. And to see Luke in Hebrew it is so awesome. LOVE IT.

SteveApril 27, 2018 at 5:35 PM

I always enjoy your work!

auntgannyApril 27, 2018 at 4:07 PM

Amen! We are waiting with bated breath! So disappointed not to have verse 14 in this first chapter of John, but I know Yehovah will reveal that one, too, in time.Really curious to see what it says….

Darlene DeSilvaApril 27, 2018 at 1:56 PM

Thank you so much for the money, time, and all the emotion garage that must come your way as you put truth out there for people to see. I am so excited to see the clarity that the Hebrew language can bring to these gospels. Thank you, thank you. Bless you.

Gidon ArielApril 27, 2018 at 1:36 PM

Nehemiah, very interesting! WHen can we ge together again? Where are you based nowadays?

Leyla RishmawyApril 27, 2018 at 1:30 PM

This is so amazing, the true is coming to ligth Hallelu Yah

auntgannyApril 27, 2018 at 1:29 PM

Oh my!!!!! I KNEW the New Testament had to be in Hebrew first! I am beside myself with excitement!!!! And anticipation!!! Bless you, Nehemia, if you even knew how many lovers of Yehovah are praying for you as you search for these manuscripts that have been hidden for 2000 years. But it is time for them to be found. It must be Yehovah’s time. How amazing and exciting! Blessings be upon the Name of Yehovah forever for this mercy!!!

Gregg WApril 27, 2018 at 1:03 PM

Nehemia, I am so thrilled that you are sharing these finds! I have wished and prayed for years that Hebrew versions of the gospels would be discovered. I believe the originals were penned in Hebrew and not Greek or Aramaic. I realize these are not the originals but they can reveal some of the flavor of them.

What shocks me is that there are already people in the Messianic realm who are scoffing at these as frauds!!???? Unbelievable, you always make yourself clear when describing what you’ve found and I’ve never heard you make an outlandish claim. Stubborn, stiff-necked people refuse to see and hear what YEHOVAH is clearly bringing to light. My God!

Either way, YEHOVAH bless you for continuing to do what you do! You are a great blessing to the followers of YHVH and yes, to believers in Yeshua!
Shalom.

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