John 1:1-18
Part 1
John 1:1-5
The Scriptures teach that there is only one true God and that is the Father and all that we have is because of him. The Book of John reveals how the Father fulfills his word to us in and through Christ Jesus. That which was spoken of in Genesis 3:15 and throughout all the scriptures.
Verse 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. WEB
Lit. In original was the saying and the saying was toward the God and God was the saying. CGT
beginning: Gk. Arche; It refers to a commencement, something that is chief in various applications of order, time, place, and rank.
The word “beginning” is tied to time, a point in history when an event takes place.
- Mark 1:1 The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. WEB
- John 2:11 This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. WEB
- John 15:27 You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning. WEB (John 16:4)
These events reveal the history of God dealing with mankind. God is not tied to time but he is the God of beginnings.
- Ps 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. WEB
word: Gk. Logos; The primitive meaning of which is “to lay:” then, “to pick out, gather, pick up:” hence, to gather or put words together, and so, “to speak.” Hence, logos is, first of all, “a collecting or collection” both of things in the mind, and of words by which they are expressed. It therefore signifies both the outward form by which the inward thought is expressed, and the inward thought itself.
Logos has been translated as an account, cause, communication, doctrine, intent, matter, preaching, question, reason, reckon, saying, speaker, speech, talk, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work and in other such ways.
The Spanish Bible translates the “word” in verse 1 as a verb showing that it is an action.
Examples of “logos” used in scripture.
- John 2:22 believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. NASU
- John 4:39 Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, NET
- John 15:25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, WEB
- 2 Cor 5:19 entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. ESV
- Acts 15:7 that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News, and believe. WEB
- Rev 1:9 the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ESV
The word is more than one thought, idea or expression. It is a combination of all aspects that help reveal the workings of God and God himself.
with: Gk. Pros; “With” is a preposition. Here it is in the accusative case which limits the action. Pros refers to direction towards, in place, time, occasion, or in respect to. It generally focuses the verbal action’s goal, direction, or extent thereby.
Some examples of how pros, is translated in the WEB.
- Acts 25:19 questions against him
- Acts 26:14 voice saying to me
- Rom 5:1 peace with God
- 2 Cor 1:18 word toward you
Other ways Pros has been translated; about, according to, among, at, because of, between, by, concerning, conditions of, for, in, nigh unto, of, pertain to, that, unto, whereby, with such things necessary, within.
God reveals himself and his plans to us through what he says and does. The things we say and do reveal who and what we are.
- Ps 138:2 I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; For you have exalted your Name and your Word above all. WEB
God: Gk. theos; Theos refers to the true God, anything that is like God or represents God in any way. It is also used to refer to false gods.
There is only one true God and that is the Father.
- 1 Cor 8:4-6 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one 5 For though there are things that are called “gods,” whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many “gods” and many “lords;” yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him. WEB
- John 17:3 This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, (Father v.1) and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ. WEB
There are those that represent the one and only true God and are also called gods.
- John 10:34 Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’ WEB (Ps 82:6)
- Ex 4:16 He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God. WEB
- Ex 7:1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. WEB
(See Ex 23:20-23, 1 Chron 29:23, 2 Chron 9:8)
A person’s appetites can be called god.
- Phil 3:18-19 For many walk of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things. WEB the god.
Satan is called the god of this world.
- 2 Cor 4:4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. WEB (2 Thess 2:3-4)
Verse 2 The same was in the beginning with God. WEB
Lit toward the God. CGT
Verse 3 All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made. WEB
Lit, All, through same became. CGT
God does not do anything at random but he does them according to that which he has set forth with a planned purpose in mind. What God has said he will do.
- Matt 5:18 For most assuredly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished. WEB
made:(GK. egeneto; A primary verb to cause to be, used with great latitude, used in a literal or figurative way.
Some ways this word is translated in scriptures;
- John 1:6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John
- John 1:12 he gave the right to become God’s children,
- John 1:14 The word became flesh
- John 1:15 He who comes after me has surpassed me
- John 1:28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan
- John 3:25 There arose therefore a questioning
- John 8:33 You will be made free
through: Gk. dia; A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through which something is carried out with very wide applications.
- 1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. WEB
- 2 Tim 1:10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News. WEB
- Col 2:12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. WEB
- 2 Peter 1:3 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue; WEB
- Luke 18:31 He took the twelve aside, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed. WEB
- 2 Cor 5:18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; WEB
Him: In the Greek language as in Hebrew gender is assigned to inanimate objects like a chair or a hat. The “word” (logos) is masculine and can be referred to as he in Greek. In English inanimate objects are not assigned gender. This is not to say that English does not use figures of speech at times like “mother earth” and “father time”. In the cases where this is done in English the one that hears or reads these kinds of statements understands that a literal person is not being spoken of but an idea, concept or thing.
A good example of this would be the word “wisdom”, which is feminine in gender in Greek and Hebrew. Even though it can be translated as she it would not be correct to think that wisdom was in reality a person.
In Matt 11:19 some versions refer to wisdom as “her” showing the Greek gender and others refer to wisdom as “it” to avoid any misunderstanding that might take place in the minds of English readers.
- Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds. ESV
- But wisdom is justified of her children. KJV
- Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what it does. CEV
- Well, the proof of wisdom is in the actions it produces. CJB
Logos is used over 320 times in the NT and only in John chapter 1 is the “word” referred to as he or him.
Most all translations before the KJV used “it” and not he or him.
When things are being spoken of in a personified way it does not change what the thing actually is. Prov 8:1-9:6 is another example of this.
Verse 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. WEB
Lit. In same life was. CGT
life: NT:2222 zoe; The Hebrew idea of life was more than just being alive. The idea of being alive had to do with a manner of life and conduct in a moral respect. True life was a life filled with blessings, satisfaction and all that is good. A life being indwelt by God but not necessarily favored by circumstances.
- Phil 2:14-16 Do all things without murmurings and disputes, 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, 16 holding up the word (logos) of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain. WEB
- 1 John 1:1-2 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word (logos) of life 2 (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us); WEB
- 1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word (logos) of God, which lives and remains forever. WEB
Verse 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it. WEB
light: Gk. Phos; It means to shine or to make manifest, or to illuminate. It is used in the widest of application, in a natural or artificial way. It can be used in an abstract, concrete, literal or figurative way.
- Ps 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light for my path. WEB
- Ps 27:1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my Of whom shall I be afraid? WEB
- Ps 18:27-30 For you will save the afflicted people, But the haughty eyes you will bring down. 28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness. WEB
- Isa 8:2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined. WEB
- John 8:12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” WEB
Part 2
John 1:6-13
Verse 6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. WEB
from: Gk. Para, A primary preposition that means near or beside. Used in a literal or figurative sense. It is where we get the word paramedic from.
Verse 7 The same (John) came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him (John). WEB
Verse 8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light. WEB
Even though John was not the light he was a light that was sent to prepare the hearts and minds of the people so that they might receive the true light that was to come.
- John 5:33-35 You (the Jews; John 1:19) have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. 34 But the testimony which I (Jesus) receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved. 35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. WEB
We are also called to be lights.
- Eph 5:8-10 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, 9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth, 10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord. WEB
- Matt 5:14-16 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.15 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. 16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. WEB
Verse 9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world. WEB
- Some translations state that it is the light coming into the world and others that it is man.
God himself is the true light that enlightens every man. He reveals his light to us through his word and through those he has called and anointed.
- 1 John 1:5-7 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. WEB
- Isa 60:19 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. WEB
- 2 Cor 4:6 seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. WEB
- Rev 21:23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb. WEB
- Rev 22:3-5 There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate They will reign forever and ever. WEB
- James 1:16-18 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. WEB
Verse 10 He (God) was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him. WEB
world: Gk. kosmos; It refers to the system and way of life of God’s people. It is where we get the word cosmopolitan from.
God alone is the source of all things.
- Ps 104:24 Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches. WEB
- Isa 44:24 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?); WEB
- Heb 3:4 For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God. WEB
- Jer 10:12 He (God) has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens: WEB
All that we have is through God and through those that he works through.
- Rom 11:33-36 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! 34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord (Yahweh, Isa 40:1-18)? Or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?” 36 For of (out of) him, and through him, and to (into) him, are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. WEB
- 1 Cor 1:9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. WEB
- Heb 2:10 For it became him (God), for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through WEB
Verse 11 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him. WEB
Israel was God’s own people.
- Ex 6:7-8 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.'” WEB
- Ps 78:52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. WEB
- Jer 11:1-4 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 2 Hear you the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3 and say you to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who doesn’t hear the words of this covenant, 4 which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall you be my people, and I will be your God; WEB
- Ezek 39:7 My holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I allow my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel. WEB
When we reject the messengers that speak God’s word, we are not rejecting them but we are rejecting God himself.
- 2 Cor 5:18-21 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us. We beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. WEB
- 1 Kings 12:22-24 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying, 24 Thus says Yahweh, You, shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So, they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh. WEB
- Luke 3:1 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. WEB
Verse 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: WEB
Lit: authority off springs of God to be becoming. CGT
- John 5:37-38 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. 38 You don’t have his word living in you; because you don’t believe him whom he sent. WEB
- Mark 9:37 “Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.” WEB
- John 5:43-44 I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God? WEB
- John 12:28 Father, glorify your name!” Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” WEB
- John 17:6 I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word. WEB
- John 17:11-12 I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given me that they may be one, even as we are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. WEB
- John 17:26 I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.” WEB
- Heb 2:11-12 For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause, he is not ashamed to call them brothers, 12 saying, “I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation, I will sing your praise.” WEB (Ps 22:22)
Verse 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. WEB
- John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. WEB
- 1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. WEB
Part 3
John 1:14-18
Verse 14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. WEB
Lit: And the saying flesh became and booths in us and we gaze the esteem of him esteem of only generated beside Father full of grace and truth. CGT.
The word becoming flesh was not only the word of God being revealed in a physical way but it was also the word being fulfilled. (Act 3:17-26)
- Heb 10:7-10 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (In the scroll of the book it is written of me) To do your will, God.'” 8 Previously saying, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn’t desire, neither had pleasure in them” (those which are offered according to the law), 9 then he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second, 10 by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. WEB
- John 19:28-30 After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.” 29 Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth. 30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. WEB
God has revealed and fulfilled his word in and through his messengers from the very beginning.
- Heb 1:1-2 In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, 2 in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages YLT
- Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, Unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. WEB
The word of God is also revealed and fulfilled in his children.
- 2 Cor 3:2-3 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3 being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh. WEB
The word of God was also fulfilled in a physical way in Creation.
- Ps 33:6 By Yahweh’s word the heavens were made; All their army by the breath of his mouth. WEB
- Heb 11:3 By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible. WEB
Verse 15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'” WEB
The ministry of Jesus was greater than that of John the Baptist.
- John 1:29-30 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’ WEB
before: Gk.NT:4413 protos ; contracted superlative of NT:4253; foremost (in time, place, order or importance): Strong’s
- Luke 3:16 John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire, WEB
Verse 16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace. WEB
- Rom 5:17 For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. WEB
- Eph 1:3-14 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; 4 even as he (God) chose us in him (Christ) before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him (God) in love; 5 having predestined (predetermine) us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself (God), according to the good pleasure of his (God) desire, 6 to the praise of the glory of his (God) grace, by which he (God) freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved (Christ), 7 in whom we have our redemption through his (Christ) blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his (God) grace, 8 which he (God) made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 making known to us the mystery of his (God) will, according to his (God) good pleasure which he (God) purposed in him (Christ) 10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him (Christ); 11 in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained (predetermine) according to the purpose of him (God) who works all things after the counsel of his (God) will; 12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his (God) glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his (God) WEB
- Eph 2:4-10 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, (Rev 3:21) 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; 8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, that no one would boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. WEB
God does not give us grace only once but continues to give us grace that we may live and continue to grow and mature in our relationship with him.
Verse 17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. WEB
- Rom 5:12-15 Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so, death passed to all men, because all sinned. 13 For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come. 15 But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. WEB
- Rom 6:14-15 For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under 15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be! WEB
- Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. WEB
Verse 18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him. WEB
- Two manuscripts read God (theos) instead of son. If God (theos) is correct it reveals that the son is the one that perfectly represents the Father to us. (see definition for theos)
The bosom is a picture of a place of favor and security.
- Luke 16:20-23 A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. 23 In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. WEB
- Isa 40:11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young. WEB
Christ is the one that has revealed the Father to us.
- John 5:37-38 The Father himself who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. 38 You don’t have his word (logos) living in you; because you don’t believe him whom he sent. WEB
- John 12:44-50 Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me. 45 He who sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness. 47 If anyone listens to my sayings (rhema), and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings (rhema), has one who judges him. The word (logos) that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day. 49 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.” WEB
- John 14:6-11 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father From now on, you know him, and have seen him.” 8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’ 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words (rhema) that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else me believe for the very works’ sake. WEB
Even as ambassadors reveal the ones that have sent them, Christ has revealed the Father who sent him.