Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 1
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
John 1
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
John 1
Commentary Groups
This author has written multiple commentaries over their lifetime on this chapter. We have grouped their commentaries for easier reading."In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." — John 1:1 (ASV)
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 Melchizedek was metaphorically, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life.
In the beginning was the Word, –
And the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The Word was as truly God as the Father was God, and as the Spirit was God: these three are one, and ever have been one.
"Very God of very God" is that Jesus whom we trust, and love, and adore.
"The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not." — John 1:2-5 (ASV)
The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
The light of Christ shone many times amid the darkness that enshrouded the world before his coming to live here in the flesh, yet comparatively few recognized that light, and rejoiced in it. Christ's light shines more brightly now, but the dark, unenlightened soul of man cannot perceive the brightness of our spiritual Lord until the Holy Spirit works the mighty miracle of regeneration, and so gives sight to those who have been blind.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." — John 1:1 (ASV)
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: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Even then the Word was; He existed before all time, even from everlasting.
And the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
I do not know how the Deity of Christ can be more plainly declared than in his eternal duration. He is from the beginning. In his glory he was "with God." In his nature he "was God."
"The same was in the beginning with God." — John 1:2 (ASV)
The same was in the beginning with God.
As we have been singing –
"Before sin was born, or Satan fell;"
before there was a creation that could fall,
"the same was in the beginning with God."
"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 through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made." — John 1:1-3 (ASV)
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 was not anything made that was made.
We cannot describe the Deity of Christ in clearer language than John uses. He was with God; he was God; he did the works of God, for he was the Creator. If any doubt his Deity, they must do so in distinct defiance of the language of Holy Scripture.
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