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I. The eternal Word incarnated coming to bring God into man 1:1—13:38
A. Introduction to life and building 1:1-51
1. The Word in eternity past, who was God, through creation coming as life and light to bring forth the children of God vv. 1-13
John 1 :1 1:1 1aIn the beginning was the 2bWord, and the Word was 3with God, and the 4Word was 5cGod.
John 1 :2 1:2 1He was 2in the beginning with God.
John 1 :3 1:3 aAll things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not one thing came into being which has come into being.
John 1 :4 1:4 In Him was 1alife, and the life was the 2blight of men.
John 1 :5 1:5 And the alight shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
John 1 :6 1:6 There came a man 1sent from God, whose name was John.
John 1 :7 1:7 1He came for a testimony that he might testify concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
John 1 :8 1:8 He was not the light, but came that he might testify concerning the light.
John 1 :9 1:9 This was the atrue light which, coming into the world, benlightens every man.
John 1 :10 1:10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, yet the world did not know Him.
John 1 :11 1:11 He came to His own, yet those who were His own did not receive Him.
John 1 :12 1:12 But as many as 1areceived Him, to them He gave the authority to become 2children of God, to those who 1believe into His name,
John 1 :13 1:13 Who were begotten not 1of 2blood, nor 1of the 2will of the flesh, nor 1of the will of man, but 1of God.
2. The Word becoming flesh, with grace in fullness and with reality, to declare God in the only begotten Son of God vv. 14-18
John 1 :14 1:14 And the 1Word became 2aflesh and 3btabernacled among us (and 4cwe beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten 5from the Father), full of 6dgrace and ereality.
John 1 :15 1:15 John testified concerning Him and cried out, saying, This was He of whom I said, aHe who is coming after me has become ahead of me, because He was before me.
John 1 :16 1:16 For 1of His afullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.
John 1 :17 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; 1agrace and reality 2came through Jesus Christ.
John 1 :18 1:18 No one has ever seen God; the 1only begotten Son, who is 2in the bosom of the Father, He has 3adeclared Him.
3. Jesus as the Lamb of God, with the Holy Spirit as the dove, making the believers stones for the building of the house of God with the Son of Man vv. 19-51
a. Religion looking for a great leader vv. 19-28
John 1 :19 1:19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?
John 1 :20 1:20 And he confessed and did not deny, and he confessed, I am not the aChrist.
John 1 :21 1:21 And they asked him, What then? Are you aElijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the bProphet? And he answered, No.
John 1 :22 1:22 They said then to him, Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?
John 1 :23 1:23 He said, I am a avoice of one crying in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord!" as Isaiah the prophet said."
John 1 :24 1:24 And those who had been sent were of the Pharisees.
John 1 :25 1:25 And they asked him and said to him, Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?
John 1 :26 1:26 John answered them, saying, I abaptize in water; but among you stands One whom you do not know,
John 1 :27 1:27 He who is coming after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.
John 1 :28 1:28 These things took place in 1Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
b. Jesus introduced as a Lamb with a dove vv. 29-34
John 1 :29 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the 1aLamb of God, who takes away the bsin of the 2world!
John 1 :30 1:30 This is He of whom I said, aA man is coming after me who has become ahead of me, because He was before me.
John 1 :31 1:31 And I did not know Him, but in order that He might be manifested to Israel, for this reason I came baptizing in water.
John 1 :32 1:32 And John testified, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a 1adove out of heaven, and He abode upon Him.
John 1 :33 1:33 And I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water, He said to me, He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and abiding upon Him, this is He who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.
John 1 :34 1:34 And I have seen and have testified that this is the aSon of God.
c. Bringing forth stones for God's building vv. 35-51
John 1 :35 1:35 Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,
John 1 :36 1:36 And looking at Jesus walking, he said, Behold, the aLamb of God!
John 1 :37 1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak this, and they followed Jesus.
John 1 :38 1:38 And Jesus, turning and beholding them following, said to them, What are you seeking? And they said to Him, Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?
John 1 :39 1:39 He said to them, Come, and you will see. They went therefore and saw where He was staying, and they stayed with Him that day; it was about the 1tenth hour.
John 1 :40 1:40 One of the two who heard this from John and followed Him was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
John 1 :41 1:41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, We have found the 1Messiah (which translated means Christ).
John 1 :42 1:42 He led him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; you shall be called Cephas (which is interpreted, 1aPeter).
John 1 :43 1:43 The next day He wanted to go forth into Galilee, and He found Philip. And Jesus said to him, Follow Me.
John 1 :44 1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
John 1 :45 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus, the 1son of Joseph, from Nazareth.
John 1 :46 1:46 And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good be from Nazareth? Philip said to him, aCome and see.
John 1 :47 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him and said concerning him, Behold, truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile!
John 1 :48 1:48 Nathanael said to Him, How do You know me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you.
John 1 :49 1:49 Nathanael answered Him, Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the 1aKing of Israel.
John 1 :50 1:50 Jesus answered and said to him, Is it because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree that you believe? You shall see agreater things than these.
John 1 :51 1:51 And He said to him, 1Truly, truly, I say to you, You shall see 2aheaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the 3Son of Man.
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