Yochanan 1 (Johannes 1) in de vertaling van Buzzard
Yochanan maakt in zijn intro gelijk duidelijk wat elke Jood gelooft: Dat God en Zijn Woord één zijn. Maar geen zweem van vergoddelijking treft de eerste eeuwse Jesjoea in de Apostolische Geschriften.
Professor (Sir) A. Buzzard
In the beginning there was God’s grand design, and that declaration was with God, related to Him as His project, and it was fully expressive of God Himself. This was with God in the beginning.
Everything came into existence through it, and without it nothing of what came into being existed.
In it there was life and that life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not overwhelm it.
There came on the scene of history a man sent from God. His name was John. This man came as a witness so that everyone might believe through him. He was not the Light huimself, but he witnessed concerning the Light. This was the genuine Light which enlightens every man coming into the world.
He was in the world and the world came into existence throuhj him, and the world did not recognize him, the Light. He came to his own land and his own people did not accept him. As many, however, as did accept him, tot these he gave the right tot become children of God – namely the ones believing in his Gospel revelation. These were born not from blood, nor grom the desire of the flesh, nor grom the desire of a male, grom God.
And the word came ino existence, a human being, and tabernacled among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory such as a uniquely begotten Son enjoys from his Father, full of grace and truth.
John gave his witness concerning him and cried out with these words, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me has now moved ahead of me, because he always was my superior.'”
Because from his fullness all of us have received grace and more grace. Because the law was given by God through Moses, but grace and thruth came through Jesus Christ.
No ons has seen God at any time. A uniquely begotten Son, one who is in the bosom of the Father – he has explained God.



