1 John 1:2

Indeed the Chayyei [Olam] was manifested, and we have seen it and we give solemn eidus (witness of testimony) and we proclaim to you the Chayyei Olam which was alongside with HaAv + 1:2 Yn 1:1-4,14 and made hisgalus (appearance of, exposure of in revelation) to us. + 1:2 Shlichim

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

In Context

1What was Bereshis (in the Beginning) which we have examined with our ears, which we have seen with our eyes, which we beheld and the hands of us + 1:1 Shlichim, Ac 1:21-25 touched: the Dvar HaChayyim (Word of Life)!

3What we have seen and what we have heard, we proclaim also to you, that you also may have deveykus (attachment to G-d) with us + 1:3 Shlichim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and our deveykus (attachment to G-d) is with HaAv and with the Zun foon Der Oybershter, Moshiach Yehoshua/Yeshua.

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Cross References

John 1:1Bereshis (in the Beginning) was the Dvar Hashem, + 1:1 Isa 55:11; Gn 1:3 and the Dvar Hashem was agav (along with, etzel) + 1:1 Prov 8:30; 30:4 Hashem, and the Dvar Hashem was nothing less, by nature, than Elohim! + 1:1 Ps 56:10 [11]; Yn 17:5; Rv 19:13 i.e., the Ma'amar Memra

John 1:18No one has ever seen Hashem. + 1:18 Ex 33:20 It is Elohim the Ben Yachid, + 1:18 who shares the nature of Hashem, the Chochmah Ben Elohim at his side, see very importantly Prov 8:30; 30:4 it is he, the one being in the kheyk (bosom) of HaAv, this one is Hashemʼs definitive midrash (exegesis).

John 7:29I have da'as of Him, because from Him Ani Hu, and He is the One Who sent me.

John 11:25Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to her, Ani Hu the Tekhiyyah and the Chayyim (Life): the one having emunah in me, even if he should die, will live,

John 15:27And you [Shlichim] will give solemn edut (testimony) also, because from the beginning you are with me.

John 17:3And this is Chayyei Olam, that they may have da'as of the only Elohei HaEmes (G-d of Truth, True G-d) and Yehoshua, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach whom You sent.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 1:2-5

First John Though the continued tradition of the church attests that this epistle came from John the apostle, yet we may observe some other evidence that will confirm (or with some perhaps even outweigh) the certainty of that tradition. It should seem that the penman was one of the apostolical college by the sensible palpable assurance he had of the truth of the Mediator's person in his human nature: That which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,… Read the whole commentary →

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