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John 1:18 KJV
John · chapter 1 · verse 18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.John 1:18 · King James Version
What John 1:18 means
John closes his prologue with a problem and its answer. Nobody has seen God — then the Son, described as in the bosom of the Father, hath declared him. Declared is an explaining word. The claim is that Jesus is God made legible.
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John 1:18 in context
16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
19And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
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Key words (Strong's)
- begottenmonogenēssingle of its kind, only, used of only sons or daughters , used of Christ, denotes the…G3439 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- bosomkolposthe front of the body between the arms, the bosom of a garmentG2859 →
- seenhoraōto see with the eyes, to see with the mind, to perceive, know, to seeG3708 →
- timepōpoteever, at any timeG4455 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist's testimony concerning Christ, Joh 1:15. He had said (Joh 1:8) that he came for a witness; now here he tells us that he did accordingly bear witness. Here, Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-18