The concept of the Logos is clearly important to John. John’s Logos closely parallels Wisdom in the Old Testament, but he would most likely also have been aware of Philo’s concept of the Logos. Perhaps he meshed the two concepts together.
In the Old Testament, Wisdom was created before the rest of creation, God’s first act of creation (Proverbs 8:22-29; cf. Romans 8:29). Wisdom was beside God, like his master builder, in whom God took daily delight from Wisdom’s rejoicing before him of his creation (Proverbs 8:30-31; cf. John 1:1; Acts 2:33; 7:55-6; Romans 8:34). Wisdom offers bread and wine as a mark of seeking knowledge and insight (Proverbs 9:5-6; cf. Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:17-19; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25).
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Author: Mark McCabe
Keywords: Logos, Word made flesh, Jesus is the Word, Trinity, Tri-unity, Pre-existent word, Pre-existence, Pre-existent, Jesus is God, God the Son, Wisdom of God, Sophia
Bible reference(s): John 1:1-3
Source: “An Examination into the Trinity and the Divinity of Christ from Biblical Exegesis and the Greek Text with Reference to the Apostles’ Beliefs as the Teaching Received from Christ,” 2016, pp. 34-5.
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