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NASB | John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Gen 1:1; Is 9:6] |
Subject: A Study of John's Gospel. |
Bible Note: Part 3 John1:15-18 Verse 15 John 1:15 John testified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'" (NASB) When John the Baptist testified about Jesus he speaks of Jesus having a higher rank that himself because though Jesus came after Him he existed before him. Later on Jesus Himself was to say in John 8:58 “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am." This is part of what some like to refer to as the mystery of the incarnation and has its reference in the Nativity Stories. By this I mean that the nativity stories explain how Jesus who pre-existed time itself, and who therefore pre-existed Abraham, who was in the beginning with the Father as co-creator of everything that is came to be born into the world He made; as one of us! Verse 16 -18 “For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.” God’s favour comes to us through Jesus Christ so that we receive the free gift of grace abundantly. Moses it was who brought the Law to the People of God which law exacts obedience under penalty while grace and truth bring freedom from the law through the salvific gift of Jesus’ death for us. Verse 18 The prologue ends much as it begins with the reference to Jesus, the Logos and only Son of God as being the only one who has ever seen the Father and who came to make God Known. This same Jesus who at the time of writing the Gospel had already returned to the bosom of the Father. |