So why would John choose such a word for such an important task? The Greeks had used the term logos in their philosophical explanations regarding the functioning of the world. The logos was for them an impersonal ordering force, that which gave harmony to the universe. The logos was not personal in their philosophy, but it was very important. In the Old Testament there are dim reflections upon a similar concept. The “Word of the Lord” came to have deep significance to the Jewish people. Such passages