In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was GOD
Chapter 1
- In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was
with God, and the Word was God.
(1
John 1:1; Rev.
19;13; John 17:5)
- He was in the beginning with
God. (Gen. 1:1)
- All things were made through Him,
and without Him nothing was made that was made.
(Col. 1:16&17; Prov. 8:30; 1 John 3:9)
- In Him was life, and the life was
the light of men.
(John 8:12; _9:5;
John 12:46)
- And the light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
- There was a man sent from God,
whose name was John.
- This man came as a witness, to bear
witness of
the Light, that all through him might believe.
(John 9:35)
- He was not that Light, but was sent
to bear witness of that Light. (Is.
9:2; _49:6)
- That was the true Light which gives
light to every man who comes into the world. (Is.
49:6)
- He was in the world, and the world
was made through
Him, and the world did not know Him.
(Heb. 1:2)
- He came to His own, and His own
did not receive Him. (John 5:40;
Is. 53:3; Luke 19:14; John 19:27)
- But as many as received Him, to
them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who
believe in His name: (Hos. 1:10; Gal. 3:26)
- who were born, not of blood, nor
of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
(1 Pet. 1:23; 1 Pet. 4:2; James 1:18)
- And the Word became flesh and
dwelt among us,
and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father, full of grace and truth. (John
8:32; Heb. 1:3;
Heb. 2:14; 1 John 1:1)
- John bore witness of Him and cried
out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is
preferred before
me, for He was before me.'" (John 5:33)
- And of His fullness we have all
received, and
grace for grace. (John 3:33)
- For the law was given through
Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
(Ex. 20:1; Deut. 33:4; John 8:32; Rom. 5:21; Rom. 6:14; Eph. 1:13)
- No one has seen God at any
time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father,
He has declared Him. (Matt.
11:27: John 3:36; John 6:46; 1
John 4:12)
- Now this is the testimony of John,
when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who
are you?" (John 3:28; John 5:33)
- He confessed, and did not deny,
but confessed, "I am not the Christ." (Luke 3:15)
- And they asked him, "What
then? Are you
Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?"
And he answered, "No." (Deut. 18:15, _:18)
- Then they said to him, "Who are
you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you
say about yourself?"
- He said: "I am
'The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
"Make straight the way of the Lord,"'
(Is. 40:3)
as the prophet Isaiah said."
- Now those who were sent were from
the Pharisees.
- And they asked him, saying, "Why
then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the
Prophet?"
- John answered them, saying, "I
baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not
know. (Matt. 3:11;
Mal. 3:1)
- "It is He who, coming after me, is
preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to
loose." (John 5:33; Acts 19:4)
- These things were done in
Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. (John 10:40)
- The next day John saw Jesus coming
toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the
sin of the world! (Rev. 5:9)
- "This is He of whom I said, 'After
me comes a
Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.'
- "I did not know Him; but that He
should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with
water." (Matt. 3:6)
- And John bore witness, saying, "I
saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon
Him. (Mark 1:10; (John 5:33)
- "I did not know Him, but He who
sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit
descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy
Spirit.'
(Is. 42:1; _61:1; Matt. 3:11)
- "And I have seen and testified
that this is the Son of God."
- Again, the next day, John stood
with two of his disciples.
- And looking at Jesus as He walked,
he said, "Behold the Lamb of God!" (John 1:29)
- The two disciples heard him speak,
and they followed Jesus.
- Then Jesus turned, and seeing them
following,
said to them, "What do you seek?" They said to Him, "Rabbi"
(which
is to say, when translated, Teacher), "where are You staying?"
- He said to them, "Come and
see." They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with
Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).
- One of the two who heard John
speak, and followed Him, was Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother. (Matt.
4:18; John 6:8)
- He first found his own brother
Simon, and said to
him,
"We have found the Messiah" (which is translated, the Christ).
(Ps. 2:2)
- And he brought him to
Jesus. Now when
Jesus looked at him, He said, "You are Simon the son of
Jonah. You shall be called
Cephas" (which is translated, A Stone). (Matt. 16:18; Luke 6:14)
- The following day Jesus wanted to
go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." (John 6:5; _12:21&22;
_14:8&9)
- Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the
city of Andrew and Peter. (John 12:21)
- Philip found Nathanael and said to
him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the
prophets, wrote - Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." (Deut. 18:18; Zech. 6:12; John 21:2)
- And Nathanael said to him, "Can
anything good
come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." (John 7:41&42; John 7:52)
- Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward
Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no
guile!" (Ps. 32:2; Ps. 73:1)
- Nathanael said to Him, "How do You
know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called
you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
- Nathanael answered and said to
Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of
Israel!" (Matt. 14:33;
Matt. 21:5)
- Jesus answered and said to him,
"Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you
believe? You will see greater things than these."
- And He said to Him, "Most
assuredly, I say to
you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God
ascending
and descending upon the Son of Man." (Gen. 28:12; John 21:2)
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