John 1:1, 14 (ESV)
The Word Became Flesh
1 aIn the beginning was bthe Word, and cthe Word was with God, and dthe Word was God.
14 And zthe Word abecame flesh and bdwelt among us, cand we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of dgrace and etruth.
a Gen. 1:1; [Col. 1:17; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 1:4, 8, 17; 3:14; 21:6; 22:13]
b Rev. 19:13; [Heb. 4:12; 1 John 1:1]
c 1 John 1:2; [ch. 17:5]
d Phil. 2:6
z ver. 1
a Rom. 1:3; 8:3; Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:7, 8; Col. 1:22; 1 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 2:14; 1 John 4:2; 2 John 7; [ch. 6:51]
b Rev. 7:15; 21:3
c ch. 2:11; Luke 9:32; 2 Pet. 1:16, 17; 1 John 1:1; 4:14
d See ver. 7
e [ch. 14:6]
Of all the Gospel writers, it is John who probably speaks most clearly to the theology and Christology of the Bible. John's Gospel was written, perhaps, more than forty years after the end of Jesus' life and well after the other three. While each of the synoptic Gospel writers wrote their words in appeal to their own cultural groups: Matthew to the Jews, Mark to the Romans, and Luke to the Greeks, John wrote his Gospel to all men--- all people, at all times, and in all places. John's is the universal Gospel, and it is meant to reveal Jesus as God to all men.
Today's Comments: Unlike Matthew and Luke, who begin with the birth of a man, John begins with God, who is the logos or word, and that word was God who existed from the very beginning of time. He then, in Verse 14, goes on to tell us that the word, God, became a man and dwelt among us as Jesus Christ, the Son of God who John has seen in all of His glory.
It is important to note that John was an eye witness to Jesus' adult ministry. And, he is careful to include the testimony of John the Baptist in the narrative to help prove his point. It is suggested that, in fact, John might have been one of those sent to Jesus by John the Baptist.
It is important that the story of Jesus Christ be told from as many angles as possible so that all might believe. And John is able to weave the three synoptic accounts together with the theology that we need to understand so that we might also believe. One might say that, while Matthew spoke to the Jews, Mark spoke to the Romans, and Luke spoke to the Greeks, John speaks to us. And I pray to God that we will listen.
The Word Became Flesh
1 aIn the beginning was bthe Word, and cthe Word was with God, and dthe Word was God.
14 And zthe Word abecame flesh and bdwelt among us, cand we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of dgrace and etruth.
a Gen. 1:1; [Col. 1:17; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 1:4, 8, 17; 3:14; 21:6; 22:13]
b Rev. 19:13; [Heb. 4:12; 1 John 1:1]
c 1 John 1:2; [ch. 17:5]
d Phil. 2:6
z ver. 1
a Rom. 1:3; 8:3; Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:7, 8; Col. 1:22; 1 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 2:14; 1 John 4:2; 2 John 7; [ch. 6:51]
b Rev. 7:15; 21:3
c ch. 2:11; Luke 9:32; 2 Pet. 1:16, 17; 1 John 1:1; 4:14
d See ver. 7
e [ch. 14:6]
Of all the Gospel writers, it is John who probably speaks most clearly to the theology and Christology of the Bible. John's Gospel was written, perhaps, more than forty years after the end of Jesus' life and well after the other three. While each of the synoptic Gospel writers wrote their words in appeal to their own cultural groups: Matthew to the Jews, Mark to the Romans, and Luke to the Greeks, John wrote his Gospel to all men--- all people, at all times, and in all places. John's is the universal Gospel, and it is meant to reveal Jesus as God to all men.
Today's Comments: Unlike Matthew and Luke, who begin with the birth of a man, John begins with God, who is the logos or word, and that word was God who existed from the very beginning of time. He then, in Verse 14, goes on to tell us that the word, God, became a man and dwelt among us as Jesus Christ, the Son of God who John has seen in all of His glory.
It is important to note that John was an eye witness to Jesus' adult ministry. And, he is careful to include the testimony of John the Baptist in the narrative to help prove his point. It is suggested that, in fact, John might have been one of those sent to Jesus by John the Baptist.
It is important that the story of Jesus Christ be told from as many angles as possible so that all might believe. And John is able to weave the three synoptic accounts together with the theology that we need to understand so that we might also believe. One might say that, while Matthew spoke to the Jews, Mark spoke to the Romans, and Luke spoke to the Greeks, John speaks to us. And I pray to God that we will listen.
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