The Word Became Flesh

1 ^aIn the beginning ^bwas ^cthe Word, and the Word was ^dwith God, and ^ethe Word was God. 2 ^fHe was in the beginning with God. 3 ^gAll things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 ^hIn him was life,¹ and the life was the ⁱlight of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

14 And the Word ^xbecame flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his ^yglory, glory as of the only ^zSon¹ from the Father, full of ^agrace and truth.

18 So the Jews said to him, “What ^zsign do you show us for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, ^a“Destroy this temple, and in ^bthree days ^cI will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,¹ and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.