John 1 15 exegesis
The Gospel of John is the fourth book of the New Testament. The passage that we will be dealing with from the book of John is chapter one verses one through five. In the outline from the background study it is under the section, "The eternal Word incarnate." This passage is the prologue, which John uses in order to establish the foundation that he will use to build his presentation of the life of Christ, as it was not portrayed in the synoptic Gospels.Verses 1-5 will be best understood in light of the entire context of the book. We should remember that the Gospel of John was written to supplement the other Gospels. Although John does not start out his Gospel with the birth of Christ the man, he starts out with Christ in eternity. In this prologue, he mostly deals with the deity of Christ, and His involvement in the creation of the world; however, he does deal somewhat with the authority and power given to Christ empowering him to overcome the "darkness."In this paper, we will seek to understand the theological meaning that John presents in verses 1-5. We will seek to relate this meaning to the context in which this passage is found. For example, since it was commonly believed at the time of John's writing of his Gospel that
This brings us to the purpose of this paper, which was to discover the theological meaning of John 1:1-5, the eternal Word incarnate. The "Word" is eternal; the "Word" is in relationship to God the Father, and the "Word" is God (Bible Knowledge Commentary). " In the other clause, there is no article before "God. First of all, it is clear that the Logos meant Jesus Christ. It is also said that light reveals, strips away, makes chaos disappear, and guides. " This is incorrect and logically is polytheism, or believing in more than one god. "The same," found here, is to say, "This one," as in the Logos spoken of in John 1:1. " John states it plain and clear that Jesus Christ is God. Verse 3All things were made by Him. The Greek word "katelaben" in this context means that the darkness did not lay hold of, grasp, apprehend, or comprehend. They were all present before the foundations of the world and they will be present for eternity. It indisposes the mind to receive his instructions, just as "darkness" has no affinity for "light;" and if the one exists, the other must be replaced (Barnes).
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