This Verse has been running through my head "And the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us." How thankful I am for His wonderful plan of
salvation...not thought of by man but by God: awesome!!!!!!!
(NLT) John 1:
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew
him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the
will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made 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.
Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1:14 7 And the Word was made u flesh, and x dwelt among us, (and we beheld
his y glory, the glory z as of the only begotten of the Father,) a full of
grace and truth.
(7) That Son who is God from everlasting took upon himself man's nature,
so that one and the selfsame might be both God and man, who manifestly
appeared to many witnesses that saw him, amongst whom he was conversant and
unto whom by sure and undoubted arguments he showed both of his natures.
(u) That is, man: so that, by the figure of speech synecdoche, the part is
taken for the whole: for he took upon himself our entire nature, that is to
say, a true body, and a true soul.
(x) For a time, and when that was ended, he went up into heaven: for the
word which he uses is used with reference to tents: and yet nonetheless he
is always present with us, though not in flesh, but by the power of his
spirit.
(y) The glory which he speaks of here is that manifestation of Christ's
majesty, which was as it were openly placed before our eyes when the Son of
God appeared in the flesh.
(z) This word "as" does not indicate here a likeness, but rather the truth
of the matter, for his meaning is this, that we saw such a glory which
suited and was proper for the true and only begotten Son of God, who is Lord
and King over all the world.
(a) He was not only a partaker of grace and truth, but was full of the
very substance of grace and truth.
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