John 1:14 BSB — MannaFest

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

BSB

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ASV

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

On the Incarnation of the Word 9.1-4 (373)

For the Word perceived that death was the only way that the corruption of people could be undone. However, it was impossible for the Word to suffer death, being immortal and Son of the Father. Therefore, he takes to himself a body capable of death, so that such a body, by partaking of the Word who is above all, might be worthy to die in the stead of all, and might, because of the Word that had come to dwell in it, remain incorruptible. In this way, the corruption of all might be checked by the grace of the resurrection.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Flesh sometimes signifies corrupt nature; sometimes the body; sometimes, as here, the whole man. We beheld his glory - We his apostles, particularly Peter, James, and John, Luke ix, 32. Grace and truth - We are all by nature liars and children of wrath, to whom both grace and truth are unknown.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And the Word was made flesh - That very person who was in the beginning - who was with God - and who was God, Joh 1:1, in the fullness of time became flesh - became incarnated by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the virgin. Allowing this apostle to have written by Divine inspiration, is not this verse, taken in connection with Joh 1:1, an absolute and incontestable proof of the proper and eternal Godhead of Christ Jesus?

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
λόγος	logos	Word	G3056 →
σὰρξ	sarx	flesh	G4561 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	became	G1096 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐσκήνωσεν	eskēnōsen	He dwelt	G4637 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
ἡμῖν,	hēmin	us,	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐθεασάμεθα	etheasametha	we beheld	G2300 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δόξαν	doxan	glory	G1391 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of Him,	G846 →
δόξαν	doxan	a glory	G1391 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
μονογενοῦς	monogenous	of an only begotten	G3439 →
παρὰ	para	from	G3844 →
πατρός,	patros	[the] Father,	G3962 →
πλήρης	plērēs	full	G4134 →
χάριτος	charitos	of grace	G5485 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀληθείας.¶	alētheias	truth.	G225 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
leads to
- Genesis 1:1
  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- John 17:5
  And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
- Revelation 19:13
  He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
- Colossians 1:17
  He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
- 1 John 1:1–2
  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
Through
1 John 4:9
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
leads to
- John 3:16
  For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- 1 John 5:11
  And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Through
1 Timothy 3:16
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world,…
leads to
- Hebrews 1:3
  The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John