God … the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known” (1:18). John has shown us the Word, the Son of God, our Lord Jesus, walking, speaking and doing signs so that those who met him then and meet him today might believe. We have seen that some have met him and believed, albeit in seed form; and as we turn the corner of this Gospel from the book of signs to the book of glory—as we move toward the place where the Son of Man will be glorified