John 1:14

“And the word was made flesh, etc.] The same word, of whom so many things are said in the preceding verses; and is no other than the Son of God, or second person in the Trinity; for neither the Father, nor the Holy Ghost, were made flesh, as is here said of the word, but the Son only: and “flesh” here signifies, not a part of the body, nor the whole body only, but the whole human nature, consisting of a true body, and a reasonable soul; and is so called, to denote the frailty of it, being encompassed with infirmities, though not sinful; and to show, that it was a real human nature, and not a phantom, or appearance, that he assumed: and when he is said to be “made” flesh, this was not done by…”

“And the Word, &c.--To raise the reader to the altitude of this climax were the thirteen foregoing verses written. was made flesh--BECAME MAN, in man's present frail, mortal condition, denoted by the word "flesh" (Isa 40:6; Pe1 1:24). It is directed probably against the DocetÃ&brvbr, who held that Christ was not really but only apparently man; against whom this gentle spirit is vehement in his Epistles (Jo1 4:3; Jo2 1:7, Jo2 1:10-11), [LUCKE, &c.]. Nor could He be too much so, for with the verity of the Incarnation all substantial Christianity vanishes. But now, married to our nature, henceforth He is as personally conscious of all that is strictly human as of all that is properly divine; and…”

“And the Word was made flesh - The word “flesh,” here, is evidently used to denote “human nature” or “man.” See Matthew 16:17; Matthew 19:5; Matthew 24:22; Luke 3:6; Romans 1:3; Romans 9:5. The “Word” was made “man.” This is commonly expressed by saying that he became “incarnate.” When we say that a being becomes “incarnate,” we mean that one of a higher order than man, and of a different nature, assumes the appearance of man or becomes a man. Here it is meant that “the Word,” or the second person of the Trinity, whom John had just proved to be equal with God, became a man, or was united with the man Jesus of Nazareth, so that it might be said that he “was made flesh.” Was made - This is the…”

“Flesh sometimes signifies corrupt nature; sometimes the body; sometimes, as here, the whole man. We beheld his glory - We his apostles, particularly Peter, James, and John, Luk 9:32. Grace and truth - We are all by nature liars and children of wrath, to whom both grace and truth are unknown. But we are made partakers of them, when we are accepted through the Beloved. The whole verse might be paraphrased thus: And in order to raise us to this dignity and happiness, the eternal Word, by a most amazing condescension, was made flesh, united himself to our miserable nature, with all its innocent infirmities. And he did not make us a transient visit, but tabernacled among us on earth, displaying…”

“1:14 The idea that the Word became human (literally became flesh) stunned both Greeks and Jews. Greeks separated the sphere of God from the mundane world of humanity, which they called flesh (Greek sarx). John wrote that God himself became flesh in Christ (cp. 1:1). Jesus’ humanity and divinity were complete, not partial. The two ideas—Jesus as 100-percent divine and 100-percent human—form the bedrock of a Christian understanding of Christ. • the Word . . . made his home (Greek skēnoō, “pitched his tent”) among us: This Greek word is related to the word used for the Old Testament Tabernacle (Greek skēnē, “tent, tabernacle”), the tent in the wilderness where the Lord’s glory resided and where…”

“the Word: Joh 1:1; Isa 7:14; Mat 1:16, Mat 1:20-23; Luk 1:31-35, Luk 2:7, Luk 2:11; Rom 1:3, Rom 1:4, Rom 9:5; Co1 15:47; Gal 4:4; Phi 2:6-8; Ti1 3:16; Heb 2:11, Heb 2:14-17, Heb 10:5; Jo1 4:2, Jo1 4:3; Jo2 1:7 we: Joh 2:11, Joh 11:40, Joh 12:40, Joh 12:41, Joh 14:9; Isa 40:5, Isa 53:2, Isa 60:1, Isa 60:2; Mat 17:1-5; Co2 4:4-6; Heb 1:3; Pe1 2:4-7; Pe2 1:17; Jo1 1:1, Jo1 1:2 the only: Joh 1:18, Joh 3:16, Joh 3:18; Psa 2:7; Act 13:33; Heb 1:5, Heb 5:5; Jo1 4:9 full: Joh 1:16, Joh 1:17; Psa 45:2; Co2 12:9; Eph 3:8, Eph 3:18, Eph 3:19; Col 1:19, Col 2:3, Col 2:9; Ti1 1:14-16 John 1:15”