Word was made flesh” (John 1:14). There is, however, this difference: “the Word was made flesh” focuses on the Incarnation as a historic event. “The life was manifested” suggests the unfolding of Christ’s incarnate life. What we are saying is that the manifestation of the life was the consequence, the outworking, of the Incarnation. Lenski understands the phrase to include “the whole manifestation from the incarnation to the ascension” but thinks it has special reference to the period “from the baptism