And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
Still on John 1:14 and once again there is so much more to say about it. Those doing Deeper Bible 701 this year will get the full force of this verse.
The verb that John uses in this verse to “see” Jesus is one that means to gaze upon, to take a longer look. [Εθεασαμεθα]. It is a verb set in the Aorist tense. Meaning it happened at one time. It wasn’t on going action. It was punctilliar action – point of the moment action, just for that moment. Oh yes the moment carried on 33 years but in God’s time frame it was but a moment. When He came to this earth we saw Him. He visited this world and made Himself known. When it happened oh boy did we ever see him (from John’s perspective) . Wow. The Son of Man, the Son of God came to this world He created and “we” SAW Him. Of course we would take a longer look and gaze upon Him. But then contrast this with when John wrote “John [the Baptist] also testified, “I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.” John 1:32 Here the same word is in the perfect tense – [Τεθεαμαι] meaning I saw it and I keep on seeing it. I saw it once but I keep on seeing it. The image is burned on my memory.
Bible Study Tip: Take particular note of the tenses in the Greek text. Even if you don’t know Greek you can still use the helps to find out what tense the verb is through E-sword.
That’s all for today. That’s enough to ponder on.
Tomorrow we will look at Son of Man and Son of God. I have kept you waiting on that one long enough now. You have had enough time to find out for yourself. Explanation tomorrow.
I am sure you have heard the saying: Give a man a fish and feed him for a day; Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime.
Ian Vail
What about this ladies:
Give a woman a fish and feed her for a day; Teach a woman to fish and she’ll feed others for a week!
Ian Vail
Or this one:
Give a man a fish and feed him for a day; Teach a man to fish and get rid of him for a day.
Ian Vail
Or better yet:
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won’t bother you for weeks.
Ian Vail
But I know you don’t really want to get rid of your husbands; you want them around. Just a joke. Well, then again maybe not . . .