The Genesis of John's Prologue: The Background Behind "the Word"
John 1:1-4, 14
Even those who don’t read the Bible frequently are familiar with the prologue to St. John’s Gospel, since it’s among the most quoted and memorized words of the New Testament:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, a…