answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

John's teaching emphasises Jesus' role as God. Importantly, this verse and those preceding it establish the relationship and Jesus' presence at the beginning as mentioned in Genesis. It also emphasises God's power over all of creation and our own lives. It is further clarified in Acts 17:28. "In him we live and move and have our being." Christ and His work to save mankind is the light. Light in itself was not sacred to John or the early Christians, rather that it is the absence of sin and darkness in God. God is here established as one with Jesus who existed from the very beginning.

User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago

A: John 1:4: "In him was life; and the life was the light of men. "

This can only be fully understood in the context of the verses that precede it and those that follow. In verses 1-3, John describes the Word (Jesus) as being present at creation; he was God and in him was life.

An important motif of the early Gnostics was that light was sacred. Some scholars say that the community in which John's Gospel was written early in the second century was a moderately Gnostic Christian community, and we see many references in this Gospel to 'light' and other Gnostic concepts. Thus, John 1:4 bridges the creation, "In him was life", to this important Gnostic principle, "and the life was the light of men". the next few verses go on to mention John the Baptist, but then that John was "not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light." From this the reader can see that the allusion is to Jesus.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why was John chapter 1 verse 4 written?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

In which chapter and verse of john's gospel does the Word become flesh?

Chapter 1, verse 14


What chapter and verse did jesus turn water into wine at a wedding?

John 2:1-11


Bible and beards?

Leviticus chapter 13 verse 29 and 30 chapter 14 verse 19 chapter 19 verse 27 chapter 21 verse 5 1 Samuel chapter 17 verse 35 chapter 21 verse 13 2 Samuel chapter 10 verse 4 chapter 10 verse 5 chapter 19 verse 24 chapter 20 verse 9 Ezra chapter 9 verse 3 Psalm chapter 133 verse 2 Isaiah chapter 7 verse 20 chapter 15 verse 2 Jeremiah chapter 41 verse 5 chapter 48 verse 37 Ezekiel chapter 5 verse 1


Why in the bible is mark chapter 3 verse's 15 written different from Matthew chapter 10 verse's 1?

The two accounts are written by two different men. They mean the same thing though.


What is the punctuation is in chapter one verse 6 is?

Chapter 1 verse 6 ........where


Clarify the correctness of the last in the verse John 1-1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God?

In the book of John chapter 1 verse 1 it should be In the begini nng was the word and the word was with god and the word was god. And he was the begin ning with god.


What is a short summary for john chapter 14 verse 1-3?

Jesus will return for those who believe.


Which book of the Bible has only one chapter?

There are 5 books with just one chapter in the Bible. One in the Old Testament and four in the New Testament.The Old TestamentObadiahThe New TestamentPhilemon2 John3 JohnJude5 total.


What book and verse states when Jesus turned water into wine?

This miracle is recorded only in John's gospel, chapter 2 verses 1-11.


Where in the old testament does it prophesy about Jesus riding a donkey?

Matthew 21:1-11. Mark 11:1-10. Luke 19:29-38. John 12:12-15.


What happened between Genesis chapter one verse one and Genesis chapter one verse two?

Nothing happened. Between Verse-1 and Verse-2, there are no words.


Which number is the chapter and which is the verse in a proverb?

Conventionally, after the book name - Proverbs - comes the chapter with a colon and the verse (s) indicated with a dash. Proverbs 1:1-2. Book of Proverbs chapter 1 verses 1 thru 2.