“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth — the Incarnation reaches its climax: the transcendent Logos becomes human flesh. "Made his dwelling" (skēnoō, "tabernacled") recalls the Exodus sanctuary, suggesting Jesus as the new locus of God's presence. The shift to "we have seen" indicates eyewitness testimony, grounding theology in historical encounter. "Glory" (doxa) in John means the manifested presence of God; seeing it requires spiritual perception.
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