In the beginning was the WORD..................?

Question

What's the WORD???

Answer 1

The Word is Jesus Christ...in Him was life and the life was the light of man, and the light shineth in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.

What you have to realize is that the Apostles believed that the person, Jesus of Nazereth, fulfilled the prophecies in the Tanakh (what we Christians call the Old Testament) regarding the Messiah.

The Messiah was said to fulfill the word of God. What I believe John meant by saying this was that Jesus is the fulfillment of the many prophecies in God's word...not only that, John was making the case that the person, Jesus of Nazereth, was not only the Christ because of the fulfillment of these prophecies, but John was also tying into the rest of his Gospel that Jesus was divine and was with God from the very beginning.

Hence, "the Word was with God and the Word was God".

I hope that helps! That was as concise as I could be. While this question is seemingly uncomplicated, it is VERY deep in meaning and scripture.

Answer 2

The "Word" (in the original Greek "logos") was a common idea that came from the writings of Plato and other early Greek philosophers. They taught that for every concept that existed on earth, there was a matching "perfect" and "original" in heaven. For example, since there are humans on earth, there should be a "perfect/original" human in heaven. That "perfect" one was called the "logos". We get our English word "logo" from the idea.

John opens his gospel by telling us that right from the beginning, there was a "perfect" being in heaven - the "logos". He dwelt with God, and was God. And it was through him that everything was created. He then took human form (see verse 14) and dwelt among us here on earth as Jesus the Christ.

Paul talks about the same thing in Philippians 2:5-11, where he speaks of Jesus being equal with God, but laying that aside to become a servant, and then a human.

Unfortunately, because not many schools teach Plato or Greek philosophy anymore, many people today find it hard to understand the statement about "the Word".

Answer 3

Jesus Christ.

Just finish reading the paragraph.

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

John 1:14 "And the Word became 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."

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

the 'word' is - and was - and will be to come.

the word is like a building block: alphabet....thought, speech, description...communication.

The power was always ther. It is there now for us to take it and to become god-like. That is what Adolf Hitler was after: the word. The rulers of the world today - the elite know where the word is. It is buried in the hall of records under the great sphynx in eygypt.

Answer 5

In the beginning was the word and the word was with God. The word was God. Creator of mankind.

Answer 6

The Greek word translated "Word" is Logos which in this context would mean something like spokesman. It is the one who speaks to man on behalf of God, which is the role Jesus played before he became the Son of God. Whenever "the Lord" speaks in the Old Testament it is Logos who is doing the speaking.

Answer 7

Christ is the Word. He was with God from the beginning.

Answer 8

That saying is the FURTHEST our reason would go to try to COMPREHEND the infinity that surrounds us!
At this time, as always, way, way before that statement was made- we were, and would always be surrounded forever by that word wich is nothing, the void, infinity itself, wich is silence!

Answer 9

The bird is the word.

Answer 10

That's is from John 1. "the Word was God and the Word was with God...."