Throughout church history, almost all biblical scholars have insisted there are two primary passages in the New Testament(NT) that identify Jesus as “God.” These are John 1:1c (“and the Word was God”) and John 20:28 (“my Lord and my God”).
In this article we will consider John 1:1c. This brief phrase has caused Christians to believe Jesus is God more than any text in the Bible. But that is because most of them don’t know biblical Greek and thus are unaware of the grammatical issues involved.
The Gospel of John begins with a prologue consisting of 18 verses. It serves as an outline for this gospel’s text, so that many of its clauses link to portions in the text.
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Author: Kermit Zarley
Keywords: The word was god, Logos, Word became flesh, word incarnate, incarnate word, incarnate logos, Jesus logos, logos Jesus, incarnation, God incarante, God in the flesh
Bible reference(s): John 1:1
Source: “Is Jesus God in John 1:1c?” The Restitution of Jesus Christ, 2008.
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