It will be noticed in this passage that the first three uses of the Word are in relationship to God and His eternal existence, but the fourth reference to the Word is linked to Jesus’ incarnation and earthly existence—“The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” Yet, even though the fourth Gospel is markedly different from the three synoptic Gospels—much as the fourth soil is very different from the other three in the Parable of the Four Soils—all the Gospels, nevertheless, present the only-begotten