JOHN USES it as a name for our Lord (1:1). There are three words in the Greek language for “word,” one referring to the mere articulate sound of the voice, another speaking of that sound as the manifestation of a mental state, and still another, the one used by John, and whose meaning will be discussed. The word is Logos (Λογος). It comes from the verb which means literally “to pick out or select,” thus “to pick words in order to express one’s thoughts,” thus “to speak.” It speaks