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Please explain John 10:5-12

Answered by . May 31, 2011 - 11:02 pm

John 10:5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers. We are the sheep, Jesus is the shepherd.  We follow him because we are born of God and know the truth and know what is right.  We know when a shepherd is […]

In John 1:1-3, which is the correct reading: “and the Word was God” or “and the Word was a god” — and why?

Answered by . October 12, 2010 - 9:46 pm 19

The words at the end of verse 1 (και θεος ην ο λογος) are correctly translated “and the Word was God”. Because of the absence of the definite article (i.e. “the”) in the Greek, some translators (particularly JWs) believe that it should be translated “and the Word was a god”. However, in Greek the absence […]

Who wrote the gospel of John?

Answered by . October 22, 2009 - 10:18 pm

The title of the gospel has included the words “according to John” since at least the second century. There are several Johns mentioned in the New Testament: John the baptist John son of Zebedee, the apostle John the relative of Annas the high priest (Acts 4:6) John Mark (Acts 12:25) John, the father of Simon […]

What does ‘the word became flesh’ mean?

Answered by . October 13, 2009 - 12:16 am 5

John 1:1 says: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And v14 says: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. Jesus fulfilled the […]