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A designation of the Lord Jesus, employed by John in the opening of his gospel, and mentioned in Luke 1: 2. The word is λόγος, which occurs constantly in the N.T. and is translated 'word, saying, speech,' etc. In John 1 it is 'the Word who is in view,' and what is stated asserts clearly three things concerning the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
1. His eternal existence: "in the beginning was the Word;" "all things were made by him."
2. His true deity: "the Word was God."
3. His distinct personality: "the Word was with God."
As the Word, the Lord Jesus is the substance and expression of the mind of God in regard of man; and the term covers what He was on earth for man — life, light, and love. See also Rev. 19: 13.
It has been said that λόγ ο ς presents "the intelligent and the intelligible." The same Greek (translated 'the word') is used to express the scriptures and the truth preached. Acts 16: 6; Acts 17: 11; Gal. 6: 6; Phil. 1: 14; 1 Thess. 1: 6; 1 Peter 2: 2, 8; 1 Peter 3: 1; 2
Peter 3: 7; 1 John 2: 7; Rev. 3: 8.