John 1:2-3

²הוּא הָיָה בְּרֵאשִׁית עִם הָאֱלֹהִים.

³הַכֹּל נִהְיָה עַל־יָדָיו, וּמִבַּלְעָדָיו לֹא נִהְיָה כָּל אֲשֶׁר נִהְיָה.b

John 1 opens with the most profound prologue in Scripture, declaring that the Word who was with God and was God became flesh and dwelt among us. John the Baptist testifies to the light, and the chapter closes with the first disciples — Andrew, Peter, Philip, and Nathanael — encounte