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6 Colossians 1:15-20

“But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ (Messiah), the Son of
God...” (John 20: 31).

This is the context that John’s gospel must be read in. To take it out of this context is to inter-
pret John in a way in which John did not intend.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word.

The main argument with this verse is whether “the Word” is another way of saying Yeshua,
or whether it is what it has always been, a message from YEHOVAH. Yet, theologians have taken
the liberty to substitute figuratively and literally “Yeshua” for “Word” in this verse. Is this accu-
rate? Judge for yourself. Let’s first see the definition of “Word.” It does have a real definition after
all.

“Word” in this verse is a translation of the Greek word “logos.” In the original Greek text,
“logos” does not have the capital first letter given to “Word” in the English translation. It should
properly be translated “word” (with a small “w”).

Another important point to be recognized is the fact that the same exact word (letter for let-
ter) “logos” is used in other Scriptures and nobody has ever capitalized it, or claimed that it referred
to Yeshua. Notice the following examples —

2 Timothy 2:8-9 — “This is my gospel, for which I am suffering to the point of being
chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.”

1 John 2:7 — “Beloved, I am writing no new commandment to you but an old command-
ment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have
heard.”

Revelation 20:4-5 — “I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their wit-
ness to Jesus AND for the word of God”

Revelation 1:2 — “His servant John, who gives witness to the word of God AND to the
testimony of Jesus Christ.”

The two verses above from John’s book of Revelation use the exact same word “logos”
which is translated in English as “word.” It is important to notice that they were beheaded for their
testimony of Jesus AND the word (logos) of God. John gives witness to the word of God (God’s
message of salvation) AND to the testimony of Jesus Christ. It is obvious that Yeshua is not the
Word. Logos is used in many places in the New Testament, and it is never used as a reference for
Yeshua.

The New American Bible has this to say about the word “logos” in a footnote:

The Berean Voice November-December 2002