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The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
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The Word Became Human
The eternal, divine Word did not just appear human; He 'became flesh.' Commentators stress this means He took on a complete human nature—body and soul—without ceasing to be fully God. Scholars like John Calvin explain this profound mystery as two distinct natures, divine and human, united in one person. This wasn't a mixing of natures but the Son of God stooping to our lowly condition to save us.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the Word was made flesh - The word “flesh,” here, is evidently used to denote “human nature” or “man.” See Matthew 16:17;[Reference Ma…
And the Word became flesh (κα ο λογος σαρξ εγενετο). See verse 3 for this verb and note its use for the historic event of the Inca…
19th Century
Anglican
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt.—The reality of the moral power and change worked in those that believed recalls a…
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Baptist
Beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Oh, all you who would know Christ, lea…
Verse 14 marks the fourth statement about the Word. Note the contrast between vv.1 and 14. Verse 1 states that the Word “was,” referring to his per…
16th Century
Protestant
And the Speech was made flesh. The Evangelist shows what that coming of Christ was, which he had mentioned: namely, that having been cloth…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the word was made flesh The same word, of whom so many things are said in the preceding verses; and is no other …
John the Baptist came to bear witness concerning Jesus. Nothing more fully shows the darkness of human minds than the fact that when the Light had …
13th Century
Catholic
Having explained the necessity for the Word’s coming in the flesh and the benefits this conferred, the Evangelist now shows the way He ca…
