John 1:2

Bereshis (in the Beginning) this Dvar Hashem was with Hashem. + 1:2 Prov 8:30

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The same was in the beginning with God.

In Context

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

3All things through him came to be, and without him came to be not one thing which came into being. + 1:3 Ps 33:6,9; Prov 30:4

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Cross References

Jeremiah 20:9Then I said: I will not make mention of Him, 1 nor speak any more in Shmo. 1 But His word was in Mine lev as a burning eish 1 shut up in my atzmot, 1 and I was weary of holding back, 1 and I could not. 1

Matthew Henry on John 1:2-6

John It is not material to enquire when and where this gospel was written; we are sure that it was given by inspiration of God to John, the brother of James, one of the twelve apostles, distinguished by the honourable character of that disciple whom Jesus loved, one of the first three of the worthies of the Son of David, whom he took to be the witnesses of his retirements, particularly of his transfiguration and his agony. The ancients tell us that John lived longest of all the twelve apostles, and was the only… Read the whole commentary →

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