John 1:1· Koine Greek
In the beginning was the Logos Three clauses. One word, Λόγος , used three times. The last clause, Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος , is a grammar problem that English ‘the Word was God’ does not dissolve.
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John 1:1 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος
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01 Source text 02 Transliteration 03 Morphology 04 Lexeme 05 Grammar 06 Semantic range 07 Immediate context 08 Other occurrences 09 Textual variants 10 Translations 11 Historical setting 12 Literary structure 13 Scholarly interpretations 14 Later reception 15 Numerical layer 16 Constellation 17 Next questions