Logos* — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

English transliteration of a Greek term for “word.” The term is significant because in John’s writings it refers to Jesus. The prologue of John’s Gospel (Jn 1:1, 14 OET JHN 1:1 · OET JHN 1:14) and the beginning of 1 John (1 Jn 1:1) use logos to show how Jesus can be God and yet be an expression of God in the world. The divine Word took on human form and became a historical personage. Logos is also the title of Christ in the vision of his divine glory (Rv 19:13). Writers outside the NT, such as Philo of Alexandria, used the term but with a different meaning.

Show passage in OET: JHN 1:1; JHN 1:14

OET-RV JHN 1:1

1 In the beginning was the message, and the message was with God, and the message was and is God.

OET-RV JHN 1:14

14 And the message became a human and lived here among us and we saw his greatness—the greatness of an only child of the father—full of grace and truth.

OET-LV JHN 1:1

1 In the_beginning was the message, and the message was with the god, and god was the message.

OET-LV JHN 1:14

14 And the message became flesh and sheltered among us, and we _saw the glory of _him, a_glory as of_an_only _begotten with a_father, full of _grace and truth.

Show passage in OET: JN1 1:1

Combined passage: English JN1 1:1–3 (native JN1 1:1–3; verse text cannot be split).

OET-RV JN1 1:1-3

1-3 We are reporting to you and testifying about what existed from the beginning: Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) the messiah and son of God. We heard him, we saw him with our own eyes, and we touched him with our own hands. Concerning the message of life, we can also report and testify to you that that life was revealed—he is the eternal life that was with the father and was revealed to us. We report what we’ve seen and what we’ve heard so that you all also can have fellowship with us, and our fellowship is with the father and with his son.

OET-LV JN1 1:1

1 What was from the_beginning, what we _have _heard, what we _have _seen with _the eyes of _us, what we _saw, and the hands of _us touched, concerning the message of_ the _life,

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OET-RV REV 19:13

13 He’s wearing a robe that’s been dipped in blood, and his name is ‘God’s message’,

OET-LV REV 19:13

13 and having _been _clothed in_a_robe having _been _dipped in _blood, and has _been _called the the_name of _him, the word of_ the _god.

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