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John 1:18

No one, hath seen, God, at any time: An Only Begotten God, The One existing within the bosom of the Father, He, hath interpreted [him].

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him .

In Context

17Because, the law, through Moses, was given, favour and truth, through Jesus Christ, came into existence.

19And, this, is the witness of John, when the Jews sent forth unto him, out of Jerusalem, priests and Levites,—that they might question him—Who art, thou?

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Cross References

Genesis 16:13And she called the name of Yahweh, who had spoken unto her, Thou GOD of vision! For she said. Do I even here, retain my vision after a vision?

Genesis 32:28Then he said—Not Jacob, shall thy name be called any more, but Israel,—For thou hast contended with God and with men and hast prevailed.

Exodus 3:4And Yahweh saw, that he turned aside to see,—so God called unto him out of the midst of the thorn-bush, and said—Moses! Moses! And he said—Behold me!

Exodus 33:18And he said,—Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.

Numbers 12:8Mouth to mouth, do I speak with him And plainly—not in dark sayings, And the form of Yahweh, doth he discern,—Wherefore then, were ye not afraid to speak against my servant—against Moses?

Joshua 5:13And it came to pass, while Joshua was at Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! a man standing over against him, with his sword drawn, in his hand,—so Joshua went unto him, and said to him, For us, art thou, or for our adversaries?

Matthew Henry on John 1:16-19

John's Testimony to Christ. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 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. In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist's testimony… Read the whole commentary →

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