John 1

I love the book of John. Because some are behind in the reading, I'm only going to do one chapter at a time for a while.

Chapter 1

It helps with verses 1-2 to substitute the word Christ for "Word." These verses show that the Savior was a God along with the Father before he ever came into this life and all things of this earth were created by him. With verses 31 and 33, the JST removes the word "not." This makes more sense, especially since John the Baptist does bear witness of him in verse 34. In verse 34, he calls the Savior the Son of God bearing witness of the Savior's lineage. In verse 35, he calls the Savior the Lamb of God referring to the Savior's mission. Verses 37 to the end of the chapter show that the 12 apostles knew he was the Messiah and the Savior knew them before ever seeing them.