Some thoughts on John 1 study

As I was reading chapter 1, v. 1-5 of John, I find these questions stand out for me:

Who is the Word?

Answer: Jesus. He was in existence before the world began. Life was in Him and was the light of all mankind. He is life and light. those in the dark do not understand God’s light sent to us: Jesus.

V. 6-9. John gave witness to Jesus, the true light. Even when others thought it was John, he made sure to give proper reference to the true light.
I also noticed that the word light is mentioned four times in reference to Jesus here (NKJV).

v. 10- Even though Jesus/God made them, the people in the world did not recognize or know Him. He was like a stranger to them.

v. 11-12. Although His own wouldn’t receive Him, He gave the right to be His children to those who WOULD receive Him. Those born of God (born again).

v. 15-16. “For He was before me…” Although John was born first, he realized Jesus existed before he did. Powerful.

v. 16- I am still trying to figure this one out – “grace for grace”. I kind of see it like this at the moment:

LAW–> came through Moses
GRACE–> came through Jesus Christ.

Jesus gives us new grace for (or in place of) the old grace, to make “grace for grace”? Is this is a correct translation for those of you studying detail on greek/hebrews or root meanings? I have not looked for a translation of this yet.

v. 29- John presents Jesus as the lamb of God. THe main purpose of John the Baptist to come baptizing with water was so that Jesus Christ would be revealed to Israel. This is beautiful.

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