John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. A person officiating as a medium of correspondence between the throne and its functionaries or subjects might be styled the word; or the person who should carry the command of a general to those who should see them executed. Such an one might also be styled the word, as standing in a mid-position between the person holding supreme command and those set under authority. No transference of words from a general to a special signification could be more easy and even. striking than this. If, then, we assume that the person invested with mediatorial attributes and relations is called in several passages of Scripture "the Word," or "the Word of the Lord," because His official position is analogous to the examples just given or to others which human experience suggests, is there not a manifest propriety in its being used in this instance? and could the whole compass of language supply us with a second term in all respects so suitable as this — the Word? (G. Steward.) Parallel Verses KJV: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.WEB: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
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