against gnostic abuse that GJohn could be read in an orthodox way, the “we have heard … seen with our own eyes … looked at and felt with our own hands” became the hallmark of apostolic authorship.4 While not sharing that conclusion, I would contend that the “what” clauses of the Prologue, though awkward grammatically, have a rough eloquence and successfully hammer home the point that the Christian proclamation involves intrinsically the ministry of Jesus on this earth. Those clauses do not constitute