They incorrectly saw in themselves a fulfillment of Isaiah 40: 3 about a voice in the wilderness making the way of Jehovah straight. A number of the scroll fragments refer to the Messiah, whose coming the authors saw as imminent.
मृत समुद्रातल्या गुंडाळ्यांवरून, येशूच्या काळातील यहुदी लोकांच्या जीवनाविषयी थोडीफार माहिती मिळते.