1 John 1:2
And the life was manifested, and we have seen, and testify, and preach to you the eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested to us.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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John 1:1IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word himself was with Aloha, and Aloha was the Word himself.
John 1:18ALOHA no man hath ever seen: the one-begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.
John 7:29But I know him who am from him; and he hath sent me.
John 11:25Jeshu saith to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life; and (he) who believeth in me, although he will die, shall live.
John 15:27You also testify, because from the beginning are you with me.
John 17:3But this is the life which is eternal, that they know thee, who art the true Aloha, and Him whom thou hast sent, Jeshu Meshicha.
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 →