John 1:1-3?

Question

I have been reading in chapter John and i am having troble understanding its meaning.

"In the begginging was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god."

can someone please translate.

Thank you

Answer 1

In the beginning was the Word (Jesus), and the Word (Jesus) was with God, and the Word (Jesus) was God.

Answer 2

The Greek word for "Word" is logos and in Johns day had a multifaceted meaning,
1) it was the basis of knowledge and meaning that determines true life and conduct.
2)Heraclitus- it is the connecting principle that forms a bridge for the possibility of understanding man and the cosmos, man and order, and man and God, the world above and the world below.
3)later through Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics it became the cosmic law of reason by which understanding and logic can be derived ergo, law and order
4) also used as a personification of Hermes the messenger of the Gods

So the passage could be understood as in the beginning was the ( intelligence, the basis understanding yourself and the universe, the basic principle for reasoning outside of yourself, the basis of logic and order) and he is with God and is God. and He became flesh and dwelt among us and his light was the light of mankind. We beheld his glory full of grace and truth.

In the passage God is revealing that Jesus is the spoken(Word) revelation of God in that He is the Word and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

The word logos is a very rich word and historically has a lot of meaning in relation to logic, language, speaking, words, accounting, arranging all have logos at the root.

Hope this is some help.

Answer 3

As others have noted, the word is Jesus (cf. John 1:14). As for the word/logos (i.e. Jesus) being with God and also himself being God, this is an early reference to a multipersonal ontology for God. I get into more detail regarding the portion that states "the word was God" in my blog here:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/abukhamr?p=23

John 1:3 states that Jesus created all things. If this is in doubt, then one need only to turn to Colossians 1:16.

This passage is the beginning stages of the declaration that Jesus is our Lord, God, Savior and Creator, a position which gets more and more explicit as the Bible goes on.

Answer 4

Paraphrased, from the Greek:
v.1 "At the time of the beginning, the Word was in a state of continued existence, and the Word was in a continuing close relationship with (the) God (that is, the Father), and the Word was as to its (His) nature, divine."
v.2 "This same One was at the time of the beginning existing in a continual close relationship with (the) God (the Father)."
v.3 "All things (severally) came into being through His intermediate agency, and without Him (the Word) not one single thing came into being of all the things that have come into being and exist."

In verse 14, we read "and the Word became flesh (that is, human), and dwelt (literally "pitched His tent") among us..."
It becomes clear that the reference is to the One who appeared in human history as Jesus of Nazareth.

Answer 5

Jesus was with His Father in the beginning."And God said,Let (us) make man in (our) image,after (our) likeness" Gen.1:26a. Now ask your self who is us and our. John 1:1-3 tells us who us and our are. Jesus was the word that was sent by His Father to speak the word unto man.When talking about how Jesus loved the church in Ephesians 5:26 It says "That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by His word." This is where the Catholic church gets confused when baptizing infants.Its the word/water which is Jesus that is being talked about in John 3:5.Mark 16:16 clearly tells us not to baptize the unaccountable.

Answer 6

Yes the word is Jesus,,,,
It also means that Jesus was there when God was creating the universe. An NIV study bible will give you excerpts of definitions as to the "word" orgin. Sometimes there are differences from the greek translations also from indept information as to Jewish customs.

Answer 7

it means that God "spoke" the world and everything into being ...

it's a metaphor about how powerful the word can be,

God is everything and everywhere, he declared the World and created it ,,,,

so as well you can declare things if you are a true beliver of the Lord as your Saviour ...

God Bless you

Answer 8

The Word was Jesus.

Answer 9

"In the beginning the word (Jesus), and the word (Jesus) was with God (Jehovah) and the word (Jesus) was a god."

Jesus is a god, but not the Almighty God Jehovah as Ps 83:18 brings out.

Answer 10

The "Word" here is talking about Jesus, it is another name Jesus has. So to understand it better, just use Jesus besides word.

In the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God and Jesus was God.