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NASB | John 1:14 ¶ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:14 ¶ And the Word (Christ) became flesh, and lived among us; and we [actually] saw His glory, glory as belongs to the [One and] only begotten Son of the Father, [the Son who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, who is] full of grace and truth (absolutely free of deception). [Is 40:5] |
Bible Question:
"In the beginning the Word already existed. He was with God, and he was God...Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone. The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it." John 1:1,4 1st ques.-"In the beginning the Word already existed."??? 2nd ques.-"He was with God and he was God." Who is "He"?? 3rd ques.-"..the darkness can never extinguish it."??? Help!!! |
Bible Answer: Hi singnangel, Welcome to the forum. I am sure that you have found much of interest here. I wonder if you have found the discussion on the forum of whether angels sing? With your name and this time of the year it would be of interest to you. Your question has been discussed here quite a bit and I would like to respond to question number three. I have studied and considered the capitalization of the words in verse 4 and 5 a lot through the years. The key word in verse 5 is "it". "It" was not comprehended, overpowered, overtaken, grasped, etc. I know that God is not an "it" so I personally choose to equate the word it with light itself. So to my mind verse 5 is settled. (Although you might note that the NASB has changed light to Light in their newest copyright for verse 5.) You are a new poster here so let me say that I am interested in capitalization and also in counting the pronouns of Deity in the Scriptures. For instance, I would find it noteworthy that the total of pronouns for John 1:1-6 could be discerned as being divisible by three. Things of that nature cause me to praise our triune God. If this is of interest to anyone, let me give some possible renderings as far as capitalization is concerned. By the way, would you tell me what translation you quoted in your question? Your translation said that life itself was in him. Of course I would capitalize Him because it talks of Christ. Also, the Greek says that "In Him was life". There is not "itself" in the Greek so this word life could also be talking about Deity, just as the Father is in Him and He is in the Father according to the Scriptures. So here are some possibilities to my mind for what it is worth. Remember that in verse 4 and 5 I want a combination of three capitalized pronouns in order for verses 1-5 to be divisible by three. The new NASB has these three pronouns incorporated in their rendering. John 1:4,5, "In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." Reformer Joe spoke about Jesus being the Light of the world and if you were to study my posts you would find that I agree that He is the (Light) of the world. So I would disagree with the NASB only because of my stated belief that "it" must agree with "the light" for verse 5. The NKJ version which I study along with the NASB because it capitalizes the pronouns of Deity like He, Him, Light, Rock, Mediator, High Priest, etc., has this rendering. John 1:4,5, NKJ, "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." In this version there is only one capitalized pronoun. With only that one "Him" the total is not divisible by three for this prologue of verse 1-5. To my mind that leaves two possibilities that I could agree with. Here they are for what it is worth. I would discern that there should be three pronouns for verse 4. 1) John 1:4, "In Him was life, and the Life was the (Light) of men." 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." This would say that in Him was life [itself] but also say that He was the Life. 2) John 1:4,5, "In Him was Life, and the (Life) was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." With this rendering one would receive the idea that Deity was in Him and that this Deity was the light of men. We would have the idea of three pronouns of Deity (Him, Life, and the Life) and also three pronouns of existence of light, light, and it. I know that I am speaking "out of the box" as one friend has said of me lately, but what do you all think? What is your choice? Yes I would encourage everyone to get their red pencils (with erasers) in hand. Whether you are interested in this or not can we praise together our triune God? Worthy is He to be praised. Praise His name. From the heart, Ray |
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