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JOHN 1:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
John 1:13John 1:15
“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.

Church Fathers on John 1:14

Having said, Born of God; to prevent surprise and trepidation at so great, so apparently incredible a grace, that men should be born of God; to assure us, he says, And the Word was as made flesh. Why marvel you then that men are born of God? Know that God Himself was born of man.

Augustine · 4th century

Or thus, After saying that they were born of God, who received Him, he sets forth the cause of this honor, viz. the Word being made flesh, God’s own Son was made the son of man, that he might make the sons of men the sons of God. Now when you hear that the Word was made flesh, be not disturbed, for He did not change His substance into flesh, which it were indeed impious to suppose; but remaining what He was, took upon Him the form of a servant. But as there are some who say,…

Chrysostom · 4th century

The discourse which we utter, which we use in conversation with each other, is incorporeal, imperceptible, impalpable; but clothed in letters and characters, it becomes material, perceptible, tangible. So too the Word of God, which was naturally invisible, becomes visible, and that comes before us in tangible form, which was by nature incorporeal.

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