John
1:2 KJV
The same was in the beginning with God.
An
interesting passage, this verse repeats for emphasis and clarity what was first
written in verse one. The same becomes a near title for the Lord Jesus Christ.
The phrase could also be translated "This One."
- This One who is the Word
- This One who was God in the
beginning
- This One who was with God in the
beginning
This
same One who is referred to in verse one was in the beginning with God.
Word Pictures of the New
Testament[1]
says that this verse links together two ideas
- “In the beginning He was with God”
- “Afterwards in time He came to be
with man”
Taken together the two verses
teach us three doctrines concerning Christ
- His pre-existence before He became
man
- His personality as the Creator and
- His deity as God in fact
- The One who was in the beginning
- The One who was with God and
- The One who was God
He is the same One who has
saved me from my sins.
[1] WORD
PICTURES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT by Archibald Thomas Robertson , “This
one,” the Logos of John_1:1, repeated
for clarity, characteristic of John’s style. He links together into one phrase two
of the ideas already stated separately, “in the beginning he was with God,”
“afterwards in time he came to be with man” (Marcus Dods). Thus John clearly
states of the Logos Pre-existence before Incarnation, Personality, Deity.”
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