And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
And the Word became a human being and lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory that belongs to the Father's one and only Son, completely filled with grace and truth.
This verse declares that Jesus, who is God's Word, became fully human and lived on earth, revealing God's perfect character of love and truth to humanity.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century AD, the Gospel of John was written to a mixed audience of Jews and Gentiles, emphasizing Jesus as the eternal Word of God who entered human history. This verse describes the Incarnation, where the divine Logos became a human being in Jesus Christ, fulfilling Old Testament promises of God's presence among His people. It also draws on cultural ideas from Greek philosophy about the Logos while grounding it in Jewish theology of God's creative and revealing word.
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