John’s prologue is also unique. Nothing in the other Gospels (or elsewhere in Scripture) compares with the description of God’s revelation of himself found in these verses. It begins with an introduction of Jesus as the eternal Word, active in creation, but who then “became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14). The prologue is interrupted briefly (in verses 6–8) by a reference to John the Baptist as the man sent from God to announce Jesus’ coming.
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