John 1:1

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

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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 W...
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 selfsam...
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...
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 depende...
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 eter...
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...
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 beg...
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 P...
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...
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:...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Divinity and Incarnation of the Word. Witness of John. The First Disciples 1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was...
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 wo...
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 Go...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 2 RECEPTION CHRIST MET WITH. John 1:1-18 . In describing the Word of God, John mentions two attributes of His by which His relation to...
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 m...
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...
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 B...
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 c...
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 Div...
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 , rend...
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 be...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divinity of Christ. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Go...
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...
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 u...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The content of Jonah's prophecy, which is described in the usual terms of ‘the word of YHWH', is depicted as being that YHWH wanted the wickedness of...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Word Was God ( John 1:1-18 ). John commences his Gospel by speaking of ‘the Word' (i.e. the One through Whom God has acted and spoken'), and l...
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 moveme...
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 c...
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 anothe...
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 real...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

May the Holy Spirit, who inspired these words, inspire us through them as we read them! John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word. The divine Log...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John is the majestic Evangelist; he is the high-soaring eagle with the piercing eye. His is the Gospel of the Son of God. John 1:1-3 . In the begi...
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...
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 Revelati...
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 th...
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...
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 bee...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Visions of the Lord Jesus Christ John 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Four Gospels present the Lord Jesus Christ under four distinct aspects. Th...
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...

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Related Commentaries of John 1:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 1:1