John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word,_ Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was metaphorically, «having neither beginning of days, nor end of life.» «In the beginning was the Word,» John 1:1. _And the Word was... [ Continue Reading ]
May the Holy Spirit, who inspired these words, inspire us through them as we read them! John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._ The divine Logos, whom we know as the Christ of God. «In the beginning was the Word.» The first words of this gospel remind us of the first words of the Old Testament:... [ Continue Reading ]
John is the majestic Evangelist; he is the high-soaring eagle with the piercing eye. His is the Gospel of the Son of God. John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him w... [ Continue Reading ]
John 1:15. _John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me._ He was not before John in the order of human birth, yet he was truly before John, for he had an eternal pre-existence, as he was none other th... [ Continue Reading ]
John 1:19. And this in the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answere... [ Continue Reading ]
John 1:19. _And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ._ «I am not the One anointed of God to save mankind.» John 1:21. _And they asked him, What then? Art tho... [ Continue Reading ]
John 1:29. _The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of god, which taketh away the sin of the world._ John lost no time. He had no sooner discovered the Saviour than he bore witness of him. «The next day.» As soon as ever his eyes lighted upon Jesus, he had his test... [ Continue Reading ]
John 1:29. _The next day_ This chapter is a record of the events that occurred on different days. Sometimes God does great things in a single day; one extraordinary day may have more in it than a hundred ordinary years. It is well for us to try to live by the day, and not to let any day pass withou... [ Continue Reading ]