Comments John 1:1 This verse tells all readers that in the beginning, the Three in One already existed before all things were created, and here is the place we can notice. The “Word” here in this verse refers to both Jesus and the Holy Spirit, and God refers to God the Father because here it tells us about the Trinity of God. We can imagine in this way as well, God the Father is so big that God the Son and the Holy Spirit are in Him, and all Three are tangled together, cannot be separated, but each of the Three has His own duty as well.
“In the beginning was the Word.” As the verse here tells all readers, in the beginning, before all things were created, the Word, the Trinity of God was there already, and all things from the Trinity of God will happen.
“and the Word was with God.” Now the verse tells all that in God the Father Himself, the beloved Son and Holy Spirit are already in Him.
“and the Word was God.” The most important here to notice, the Word itself also is God the Father Himself because God the Father has the Holy Spirit and the beloved Son of God in Him from the beginning.
Q: Why are we talking about the “Word,” and how this relates to Jesus, the incarnated one? A: As the Bible will tell, the Father will send the beloved Son to save all creation by taking the form of the Human; the Father wants all things to link back until the beginning of all creation. By sending the beloved Son to come on earth, all things have linked back to the beginning of creation on its own.
Q: God the Father is Spirit; Holy Spirit we say is the Spirit of the Father, and we have the Word as well. A: Holy Spirit is the identity of the Spirit of the Father; the Father Himself will not come down on earth. The majority of the believers believe the Word refers to the beloved Son of God, but all readers should remember as well, God is One, but the Three become One God as well; the Father, the beloved Son of God and the Holy Spirit all are One, that why is the Trinity of God. Because God of Three, the term Word includes the Three, it cannot be just One being the Word; all Three are the Word.
God is Spirit; (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit) … Three in One, but each One has His own identity, either of them cannot be without one another; God is Three in One and cannot be separated.
As humans, we have spirit and soul, which are different, but these must be together as well; to be a complete human, we cannot lack any of these.

Comments John 1:2 “This” in this place refers to the Trinity in the first verse. So, that is why it says “this” in this verse; when saying “this,” all Three are together, as One, as we talked on the verse above.
Because the Lord wants to make sure that humans understand the Trinity of God, and it cannot be separated, that is why the verse uses the term "this": “This was in the beginning with God.”

Comments John 1:3 As this verse has told us, everything the Father has created, He created with the purpose of glorifying the beloved Son of God; everything was made through the beloved Son of God because the Father has seen all His creation will be saved through the beloved Son’s death on the cross; the Father has seen what will happen already, that His created things will crucify His beloved Son on the cross, that is why here the verse tells: “apart from Him, nothing became that has been made.”
“All became on account of Him.” God is eternity; the beloved Son of God was in the beginning, He was in the beginning with God, and the Father created all things through the beloved Son of God, because, with the love of the beloved Son of God, all that belong to Him will be forever with Him.

Comments John 1:4 This verse tells us that through the beloved Son of God, life has been given to all humans, and that life becomes the light of men for surviving; as long as they keep the faith and abide by the love of the beloved Son of God, their own life will be based on the light of the beloved Son of God.
“In Him was life.” Because the beloved Son of God lives forever, His life will be light for all humans. Because when the beloved Son of God gave His life on the cross, that life that He gave becomes light for humans. The light here refers to the true knowledge about God.

Comments John 1:5 When the beloved Son has given up His life for the humans, the light from His life becomes the ray of light shining through the darkness, and the dark itself cannot stand against it and cannot accept that light because the dark cannot accept the light in their area, the dark wants to remain dark.
The dark here is the power of the evil one that controls it, which can blind the mind and the eyes of those that seek and walk with the dark. The dark cannot fight against the light; that is why the verse has told the darkness has not seized it.
The light is the true knowledge about God, and that knowledge will shine out, and the dark cannot seize it.

Comments John 1:7 The verse has told all readers that John is a witness for the Lord. John, the man that the Lord used to be as a witness, all humans should look and think of the way of his faith; the way he lives may not fit all people, but the way of his heart and his faith all humans can look as an example.

Comments John 1:8 The verse has told all readers clearly that John is a witness of the true Light, that is the most important thing, and has also told of his duty as well here.

Comments John 1:9 The verse has told all readers clearly; the beloved Son of God Himself exists from the beginning before the earth was created; with the mercy of the Father, the true Light has come, not to be just the light of the earth, but to be the true way for all humans to go to worship the Father in heaven; come to that Light for being saved.

Comments John 1:10 The universe has been created through Him, but everything in the world has not known Him because all have let their hearts be blind, not the eyes be blind, but the hearts that are blind and will not acknowledge His work, as this verse has told to all who read.
“the universe knew Him not”; refers to the earth (the earth itself is in the universe, and the earth knew Him not); the earth itself had opened its mouth to take the beloved Son of God (to crucify and bury the beloved Son of God); that is why the verse has told, “knew Him not.”

Comments John 1:11 As the Bible tells here, Israel is His people, but even now, they still do not receive Him, as the verse has said to all readers. How long will it take to come to be His true people? If their hearts are not for Him, the true blessing will not come upon them; now, they are still suffering. The suffering is not about physical, but about their soul that rejects the beloved Son of God, which is still in suffering.

Comments John 1:12 Now, this verse itself does not talk about only His own people, but talks about all humans of this earth; anyone that comes and accepts Jesus from true heart, the Lord Himself will adopt them all to be His children; they just need to accept His beloved Son to be the true God for them, and all will earn that right to become children of God.

Comments John 1:13 “who was born, not out of blood, nor out of the will of the flesh.” At first, all readers should think, when the verse has told "not out of the blood," what do you think of that blood? The beloved Son of God was not born through the sperm of a human, which is the blood; that is the meaning. When the Bible has told, "nor out of the will of the flesh," the beloved Son of God was not born through the woman's will but the will of the Father Himself who gave the woman to be able to conceive the beloved Son in her womb; that is why the verse tells He was not born by the will of the flesh.
“nor out of the will of man, but of God.” From the verse itself, we can clearly see that the beloved Son of God came down to be born by the will of the Father Himself, which is the most honorable will; the beloved Son of God was utterly willing to come down to do so the Father’s will.

Comments John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” This portion of the verse clearly tells all humans that the beloved Son of God came down to be born as a human and took the human flesh to be His own; the beloved Son of God has lowered Himself down to be a human.
“and we beheld His glory … full of grace and truth.” From the first breath of life that the beloved Son of God has taken on this earth, His glory has shown to all humans, the glory from the Father Himself, the glory from the Father Himself has come down with the beloved Son as well, all humans can see through His grace and the truth that He is teaching to all humans; all His teaching is the truth of life, every human should take it seriously, the Bible is the Word of life.
Full of grace in this place means that when every human reads the Bible, all can notice the way the beloved Son of God has used His life on earth, teaching and pointing out the way to be saved; all of the teaching the beloved Son of God has given to humans is giving according to His own grace to humans, for all can see and worship Him.
Grace (meaning from Webster dictionary): unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification.

Comments John 1:15 As the verse tells, even John himself understands that before he himself was born, the beloved Son is already there, long before all things happened in his life. It is a recognition of John himself of who the beloved Son of God is.

Comments John 1:16 “Because out of His fulness we all receive.” In this place, the beloved Son is complete already in Himself; all things are in the beloved Son of God already, He is complete.
“and kindness because of grace.” As the verse has told all humans clearly, the mercy of the beloved Son of God, which is inside of Him, has shown to all humans, His mercy has shown over again and again, and the last mercy will be shown upon His death on the cross for humans.

Comments John 1:17 From the beginning, the Father has given the old law through Moses, but when the beloved Son of God has come down, the way to be saved, for humans, is through the beloved Son of God only, not the law itself.
The law versus grace and truth; the beloved Son of God did not come to abolish the law itself; He has completed the law for humans and that is why the next way to be saved is through the will of the beloved Son of God.

Comments John 1:18 “No one has seen God ever yet.” As the verse has told, nobody ever has seen the Father because all things are just created things; the eyes cannot afford to see the Father Himself. With human eyes, you cannot see the Father. The human eyes cannot see the Father, but the Father has shown Himself through the beloved Son of God.
“only the begotten God ... He shows the way.” As the verse has told to all believers, the beloved Son of God has the Father Himself in Him, whatever the beloved Son of God has taught that is the Father Himself teaching humans, all humans have known the Father through the beloved Son of God teachings.
Q: What does it mean when the Bible says, “begotten God,” how is Jesus begotten if He is part of the Trinity? A: The Father Himself is the head of the Trinity; in the Father, the beloved Son, and the Holy Spirit also exist, that is why we can say the Trinity of God, Three but all are One in the Father. With the mercy of the Father, He has allowed the beloved Son and the Holy Spirit to come out and shine to be the light for all, but the Trinity always is still there, Three in One, this is the meaning of it. Think in this way, the Father is here, with the mercy of the Father Himself He has allowed the beloved Son and the Holy Spirit to have the work by themselves, the beloved Son has come down to take human form, and the Holy Spirit has come down to be as the guide and speaking to every heart regarding the love of the Father. In the Father Himself He has given birth to the beloved Son of God, that is why always the beloved Son will call Father I will do your will, as the Bible has told as well, He always calls God the Father His Father. It is not complicated when we think that the Father is One, but in that One has another two, the Three become One together, no separation.

Comments John 1:19 The verse has told all believers clearly that this is the testimony of John; when someone will come to ask him for what he has been sent for, he will give out the true testimony to all that ask.

Comments John 1:20 The way John lives, and his testimony makes his heart humble; he never lifts himself high, he never pretends to be the beloved Son of God or even to be someone as important as the Christ; that is the testimony he will give all.

Comments John 1:21 All readers can notice, John is a humble man, he will not take any position of this earth, even people want him to be someone, but John himself will not accept to be anyone or any position of this earth as well; the humble in him has shown out by his answer here.

Comments John 1:22-23 Understand John's answer in this place; he considered himself as nobody; he just told people his cry is for the Lord only, not for any human to pay attention for, as the old-time prophet has said, that John himself is just a voice crying to the Lord in the desert alone. He cited from Isaiah 40:3.
“Make straight the path of the Lord.” As John has been telling people that the Messiah is coming and warned people to wait for the true Messiah to come, he has prepared the human heart to receive the Lord, to make the path of the Lord straight into the heart of all humans.

Comments John 1:24-25 Everyone sees him as a common man, but because of the way John has been using his life, people have questions that he must be someone important that the Lord will use him to save people; this is what they want to know.

Comments John 1:26 “I baptize with water.” John has told that he baptizes people with normal water; he baptizes with water for repentance of sins.
“but in the midst of you stands, who you consider not”; John has told all readers, no one knows who is coming; John is just a man doing the work of man, baptizing with water, but the one coming, which no one accepts is the right one. The work of man in this place is the way he lives to make him clean, that is the work of man, but his life living is for doing the work of God.

Comments John 1:27 We can plainly see from this verse how humble the messenger is.

Comments John 1:29 All readers can see from the verse clearly that John has announced who the Lamb of God that is able to take away all the sins of the world is; John has announced to the whole world about the righteous One that can wash away every sin.
“the Lamb of God.” In the Old Testament law, when they sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins, they use the lamb, and in this place, the beloved Son of God Himself is the Lamb of God, the perfect lamb to wash away all the sins of the whole world, not only for His people alone but for the gentiles as well.

Comments John 1:30 In this verse, John has told all humans that the beloved Son of God exists before all humans have been born. Because at that time itself, John was not a young man anymore, if the adult man can say that someone exists before him, then he already has told all humans that the beloved Son of God has precedence over all humans because the beloved Son of God Himself exists before all humans.

Comments John 1:31 “But I knew Him not.” In this place, John does not talk about not knowing Him as a cousin but not knowing Him as a Savior until the Father will reveal it to him; that is why in this time, he just baptizes people with the water. But John Himself will announce who is the beloved Son of God later on.
“He might be revealed to Israel”; John did not announce yet to all the people, but only to those that come to him. But next, his duty will be, as he goes any place, to announce the coming of the beloved Son of God; his job will be starting now.

Comments John 1:32 Now John has told all people what he has seen; John has become a witness of the Holy Spirit as He came and remained on the beloved Son of God, as the verse has told, John is the witness.
“as a dove out of heaven.” The human eyes cannot see the Holy Spirit, but in this place, the Father has blessed humans, starting with John, the messenger; he had a chance to see the Holy Spirit shape, but He comes as a dove flying, which is not His true full expression.
“and it remained upon Him.” John with human eyes has seen the shape of the Holy Spirit besides the beloved Son of God, as the beloved Son walks the Holy Spirit walks as well; but the verse has told remained upon Him, which it does not mean stayed above Him but side by side with Him. The Three remain here as well as One, that is why we have them walk besides each other.

Comments John 1:33 As the verse has told to all readers, John himself has not known the Lord before until he has seen the Holy Spirit descending upon Him. After that, he will realize whom the Father has told him that will make an impact on every heart, with the Holy Spirit baptism, to the one that has faith and trust in the beloved Son of God, which is the gift of life to give to all that have belief in Him.
Q: Why does the Holy Spirit descend on the beloved Son of God at this time this way? Wasn’t the Holy Spirit already upon the Lord? A: The Holy Spirit was already on the Lord, but at this time, there was the need to show to the humans who is the One the Father will be within as well.

Comments on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit
“He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.” The Holy Spirit will be given to the one that has faith and trust in the beloved Son of God and confesses with the mouth and heart regarding the beloved Son of God; the Holy Spirit will come and dwell in that person as well; The Holy Spirit will give the feeling to the person of being close but not within the Holy Spirit, not as be one with, but as the shell, as the Holy Spirit using to cover. The Holy Spirit dwells in the person, not the person dwells in the Holy Spirit; the feeling between these two will be different.
Not everyone who is baptized in the Holy Spirit will be speaking in tongues because of lack of understanding and uncertainty of what the words mean; even the person has the word, but they are afraid to say it out loud. Also, in that time, the apostles have performed miracles, accompanied with the baptism in the Holy Spirit, but nowadays, no miracles will be accompanied when anyone is baptized in the Holy Spirit, just the gift of speaking in tongues and understanding.
At first, the Holy Spirit will touch you, but when the Holy Spirit baptism takes place, the Holy Spirit dwells inside of your heart. So, the first at the water baptism, the Holy Spirit touches your heart; if your heart is open and willing to follow, then the Holy Spirit will dwell inside your heart but not work, will dwell because invited. Then, when is the right time the working happens; when working, the person will have more understanding and will speak more in tongues.
As we all have seen, there are many faith ways, but you cannot have faith alone in the beloved Son of God; you must believe in the Trinity of God as well. When you have faith in the Trinity of God, that person also has faith in the Holy Spirit, and when you invite the Holy Spirit into your heart, then the Holy Spirit dwelling in the heart will happen, and we call this the baptism in the Holy Spirit. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is the time when this person may have only one word in a tongue, but not each person may say it out because of the lack of understanding. When the person has the feeling of hearing of the word inside of their heart, even without understanding, but still should say it out, this is a sign of the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
At the Holy Spirit baptism, the person has the word but does not speak out, so, it is not that there is no speaking in a tongue, but the person did not speak it. Therefore, the baptism in the Holy Spirit must always be accompanied with the speaking in a tongue, even just one word; the person who receives must speak out, and that is considered to claim the ability to speak in a tongue. If the person did not say the word out, the speaking in tongue for that person would not generate further knowledge; that person will have only that word until the person accepts the gift deep not in mind, but in the heart; the gift here is the knowledge of that word which the Lord has given even one single word.
Q: Assume that the person doesn’t say the word out and doesn’t believe in speaking in tongues, but believes in the Trinity, has faith in Jesus, and confesses the faith. Is then this person considered as being baptized in the Holy Spirit? A: No. If the person does not believe in speaking in tongues, even if the person got the word and did not say it out, it will not be considered as baptized in the Holy Spirit yet.
Q: Can the Holy Spirit indwell a person at the water baptism or when they express faith in the Trinity? A: The person can be considered baptized in the Holy Spirit only when that person says the word out, even just one time, one word but must say out. This is the difference between being baptized in the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit touching the heart.
When a person has been baptized in the Holy Spirit, that person has been touched from the inside of their soul, and the feeling of that person will be different. So, when the person has been touched this way, if the person does not ignore the little voice that tells the person of any word, even one to remember, even the person hears many words, but can remember only one word, and say that word out, by saying out that word will lead the person to speak more. Every time the person feels they don’t have any words to pray, bring that word and say it repeatedly, and the Holy Spirit will follow and guide more words to come; that word for that person is considered a leading prayer for the soul in a tongue.
When the Holy Spirit dwells in that person's heart, every time when that person prays or meditates on the Word of God, the heart of that person will go and beg the Holy Spirit to act out accordingly to His own will; you can say as a consistent invitation of the soul for the Holy Spirit to act and give more words of speaking in a tongue when the Holy Spirit dwells in that person.
Q: Can a person be saved without being baptized in the Holy Spirit? A: Yes, the person can be saved without being baptized in the Holy Spirit; being saved and baptized in the Holy Spirit are different. Everyone who has faith and trust in the Trinity of God and confesses out with the mouth the faith in the Trinity of God, that person is saved.
Q: How does the Holy Spirit touch this person, or how does the Holy Spirit dwell inside such person? A: This person is touched by the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit does not dwell deep inside that person’s soul; the Holy Spirit dwells just in the human heart itself.
So, here we are talking about two types of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit: the indwelling of the heart and the indwelling of the heart and soul. At the salvation stage, a believer will be indwelled by the Holy Spirit in their human heart, and at the Holy Spirit baptism stage, the believer will be indwelled by the Holy Spirit in the human heart and the soul.

Comments John 1:36 All readers can see clearly in this verse itself, John has recognized the beloved Son of God, and John has used the proper term in calling the Lord as "the Lamb of God." Now, he has called Him "the Lamb of God". When he has called Jesus "the Lamb of God" that has already referred to the sacrificial lamb for the sinners because all the tradition will use the lamb to slay for a sinner; it has been a practice since the old-time, trade places between the innocent and the sinners, and here he has mentioned "the Lamb of God" for the Lord Jesus.

Comments John 1:37 John has testified about the beloved Son of God, and for what he said, it makes his own disciples follow the beloved Son of God. John, as a messenger, will say more about the beloved Son of God and will lead many people straight to Jesus.

Comments John 1:38 We will concentrate on the term they have used to call the Lord, Teacher. The beloved Son of God has been recognized as a Teacher, not that the beloved Son Himself applied for the job as a teacher, the people had recognized Him as a Teacher. As these two will follow the beloved Son of God as His students, they will learn to listen and obey the orders of the Teacher.
“where are Thou abiding?” This saying is just a way people spoke at that time to know where you go or where you come from; it is a typical conversation.

Comments John 1:39 The followers of Jesus have started now with these two. First, they come and find where Jesus abides. Then, as we can notice from this verse itself, they have spent time with the beloved Son of God in that day, and their life will be changed forever, not just the eye of physical, but the spiritual eye as well will be open; the beloved Son of God has disciples following now.

Comments John 1:40-41 All readers can notice here from these two verses what will lead the disciple (Simon) to the beloved Son of God.
“We have found the Messiah.” This saying led the disciple to the beloved Son of God; when they have told, they found whom. All humans will be linked to the Lord as well with this starting of meeting.

Comments John 1:42 This verse shows that the beloved Son of God knows all things, He did not talk to Simon yet, but He knows who he is; the beloved Son of God knows even who his earthly father is, and also the beloved Son of God has given him a new name in this verse. See Comments Matthew 16:18.

Comments John 1:45 As all readers can notice, the beloved Son of God also has been called the Nazarene. The names from this verse will let people understand that humans have talked about the beloved Son of God and given Him many names. Still, all those names lead to one person, the Savior of the world, the man from Nazareth, the common man, but full of glory to be worshiped; all these verses have linked to the beloved Son of God.
“the son of Joseph.” The beloved Son of God has been born on earth, and by the custom of the earth, He needs an earthly adoptive father as well. And here in this place, Joseph is His adoptive father; this is a blessed man who married Mary, the mother of the beloved Son of God, and the Lord has given him recognition as well.

Comments John 1:46 This is just a common talk about Nazareth, like nobody important comes out of there, and here Nathanael repeats just what people talk about this town.

Comments John 1:47 Here in this verse, the beloved Son of God has told the character of Nathanael; he is a person that talks what he thinks, there is no twisted mind in him, just straightforward talk; that is the way he is.

Comments John 1:48 This verse is a confirmation of the ability of the beloved Son of God; He knows things before time happens. As the verse has told here, the beloved Son of God has seen this man under the fig tree before he has been brought to meet Him.

Comments John 1:49 From this verse, all readers can see the character of Nathanael; he says what he thinks, with no twisted mind in him. In his heart, he believes that the beloved Son of God is the King of all. We can notice from this verse that he has said all that he believes about the Lord Jesus: the beloved Son of God be a Teacher (Rabbi), the Son of God, and the King of all.

Comments John 1:51 This verse refers to the second coming of the Lord on earth. In this verse, the beloved Son of God has told all humans that the human eye will have a chance to see the angels come and glorify the beloved Son of God, by going up and going down around Him, with the position of worship. The beloved Son of God has told all humans to realize, when the heaven is opened, every eye will see the angels worshiping the beloved Son of God. When the beloved Son of God returns on the earth, every eye will see the heaven opened, and everything as the verse has told. The angels cannot just go around by themselves, but the beloved Son of God becomes as a bridge for them to go up and down and worship Him.
Q: Why the Lord calls Himself the Son of Man? What is this significance as the Son of Man? A: The term the Lord has called Himself is giving all humans a clear picture, the Lord of life who created all things, also, He Himself is a Man as well, that why always He calls Himself the Son of Man.