# Be Ready - Friday, 2026.01.09 ## tl:dr "God" in each of these refers to Father - Son of God - Lamb of God - angels of God ## Context ### Book {John} - The fourth gospel in the NT, but not a synoptic version like the other three ### Chapter {John 1} - The Berean Study Bible divided this 1st chapter into the following sections: - The Beginning {1-5} - The Witness of John {6-13} - The Word Became Flesh {14-18} - The Mission of John the Baptist {19-28} - Jesus the Lamb of God {29-34} - The First Disciples {35-42} - Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael {43-51} ## Summary of Past Notes - In John chapter 1, there are a total of 13 occurrences of Strong's [[G2316]] translated into "God." So far, we looked at: - The first three (1-x2, 2) in [[260103_p]] - The second three (6, 12, 13) in [[260105_p]] - The third two (18-x2) in [[260108_p]] ## Observations This note looks at the last five occurrences in John 1 - In verse 29, John said "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" - At the end of this section in verse 34, John the Baptist said, "I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God." - John repeated his statement about Jesus being the Lamb of God in verse 36 - Nathanael declared, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” when Jesus was calling him to be a disciple, in verse 49. - To wrap up this chapter, in verse 51 Jesus told Philip & Nathanael, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” ## Questions - To which of the Trinity does God refer in these verses? ## Interpretations - All five of these occurrences of "God" refer to Father. - Except for the last one in verse 51, all the others are a name of Jesus. It seems obvious that "Lamb of Jesus" or "Son of Jesus" doesn't make any sense when referring to Jesus - On the other hand it does fit with the rest of scripture to paraphrase Jesus' names as: - Lamb of Father - Son of Father - WRT the "angels of God" - Based on many other passages, we know Jesus often refers to Himself as the "Son of Man." - Although it is remotely possible for John to have written about the "angels of Jesus ascending and descending on Jesus" I think it is more likely the "angels of Father" were doing the ascending, etc. - My interpretation is based on: - Luke 2.13-14 which connects God with angels and the host of heaven (Based on the context, God in this example is most likely Father) - Psalm 91.11-12 and the NT quotes in Matthew 4.6 and Luke 4.10-11 ## Applications - Finish evaluating all 1327 occurrences of Strong's G2316 and document in [[God_G2316_Summary]] ## Correction As always, I am open to scripture-based correction.