John 1:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ”

John 1:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the beginning - This expression is used also in Genesis 1:1 . John evidently has allusion here to that place, and he means to apply to “the Word” an expression which is there applied “to God....
John 1:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

In (1) the (a) beginning (b) was (c) the Word, and the Word was (d) with God, and the (e) Word was God. (1) The Son of God is of one and the selfsame eternity or everlastingness, and of one and the...
John 1:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Prologue: See Introduction. John 1:1-5 . The Word in Relation to God and Creation. The references to the language and thought of Genesis 1 are clear. At the time of creation, if the phr...
John 1:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

In the beginning. Greek. en (App-104.) arche. Occurs four times in the N.T. (Compare Genesis 1:1 ). The context will always supply the dependent word (where it is not expressed). Here, and in...
John 1:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. In the beginning was the Speech. In this introduction he asserts the eternal Divinity of Christ, in order to inform us that he is the eternal God, who was manifested in the flesh, ( 1 Ti...
John 1:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1594 DIVINITY OF CHRIST John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God . WHAT astonishing majesty and dignity are displayed in these brief...
John 1:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In the beginning - That is, before any thing was formed - ere God began the great work of creation. This is the meaning...
John 1:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In the beginning was the Word,— "In the beginning, before the foundation of the world, or the first production of any created being, a glorious Person existed, who may properly be called the W...
John 1:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. As the Fourth Gospel was not written until the other three had become the household words and daily bread of the...
John 1:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In the beginning ] not as in Genesis 1:1 , 'in the beginning of creation,' but 'in the beginning of eternity,' i.e. from all eternity: cp. John 8:58 ; John 17:5 . Was the Word ] i.e. the Word ex...
John 1:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1) In the beginning. — The reference to the opening words of the Old Testament is obvious, and is the more striking when we remember that a Jew would constantly speak of and quote from the book of...
John 1:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 1 THE INCARNATION. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him wa...
John 1:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Light for the New Year's Path John 1:1-13 The titles of our Lord are set forth in royal fashion. As speech reveals the hidden thoughts of men, so does our Lord utter the unseen God. God spa...
John 1:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bring...
John 1:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS John opens his Gospel in this Chapter, with declaring both to the Godhead and Manhood of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Testimony of John the Baptist is here given to the Person and Glory of Ch...
John 1:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ver. 1. In the beginning was the word ,.... That this is said not of the written word, but of the essential word of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, is clear, from all that is said from hence, to John 1...
John 1:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Ver. 1. In the beginning ] Here this heavenly eagle, John the Divine, soars at first out of sight (ο θεολογος κατ ε...
John 1:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the beginning Namely, of the creation, (for the evangelist evidently refers to the first word of the book of Genesis, בראשׁית, bereshith , rendered by the LXX. εν αρχη, the expression here used...
John 1:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CHRIST THE LIVING WORD (vs.1-5) Revelation 19:13 , speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is called the Word of God." As such He had no beginning: in the beginning He was there. In person...
John 1:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divinity of Christ. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the b...
John 1:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JOHN CHAPTER 1 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 The Divinity of Christ. 1 Thessalonians 1:6-13 The mission of John, and end of Christ's coming. 1 Thessalonians 1:14 The incarnation of the Word....
John 1:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:1 ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (face to face with) God, and what God was the Word was.' ‘In the beginning.' This undoubtedly has in mind the words of Genesis 1:1...
John 1:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 1:1 . In the beginning, etc.—ἐν�. The בְּרֵאשִׁית etc., of Genesis 1 denotes the beginning of that movement of the divine creative energy from which sprang...
John 1:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Word (Greek, "logos"); (Aramaic, "Memra," used in the Targums, or Hebrew, paraphrases, for "God"). The Greek term means, (1) a thought or concept; (2) the expression or utterance of that...
John 1:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

John 1:1 Why is it that, as you turn the page from St. Luke to St. John you seem to pass into another climate nay, I might almost say, into another atmosphere? The answer is at least twofold. It i...
John 1:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word, Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was metaphorically, «having ne...
John 1:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word. Εν αρχη ο λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of the old creation, and continues to speak of Christ in the running language of all...
John 1:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the beginning was the Word I. THE APOSTLE ASSERTS THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST. 1. His name: the Word. (1) He is the chief subject of Revelation--the Word of promise--the substance of all shad...
John 1:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that they cannot be referred to the original text. The si...
John 1:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:1 ; 1 John 1:2 ; 1 John 5:20 ; 1 John 5:7 ; 1 Timothy 3:16 ; 2 Peter 1:1 ; Colossians 1:17 ; Ephesians 3:9 ; Genesis 1:1 ; Hebrews 1:10 ; Hebrews 1:8-13 ; Hebrews 13:8 ; Hebrews...
John 1:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Seeing Christ in John John 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is not difficult for us to find the Lord Jesus in the Book of John. We have always been told that John, by the Holy Ghost, sets forth th...
John 1:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In the beginning — (Referring to Genesis 1:1 , and Proverbs 8:23 .) When all things began to be made by the Word: in the beginning of heaven and earth, and this whole frame of created beings, the...

John 1:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 1:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

John 1:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 1:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

John 1:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 1:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 1:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 1:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 1:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 1:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 1:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 1:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 1:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 1:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 1:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 1:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 1:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 1:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

John 1:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

John 1:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 1:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 1:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 1:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 1:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 1:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 1:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes