1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
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Study Note
The prologue's sensory triad — 'which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled' — is the New Testament's most emphatic anti-docetic affirmation: the Word of life was physically perceptible, tactile, historically grounded. The fourfold accumulation of sense-verbs (heard, seen, beheld, touched) increases in specificity and physical intimacy, building toward the strongest possible claim against those who denied the flesh of Christ (4:2-3). The phrase 'from the beginning' (ap' archēs) echoes John 1:1 but applies to the historical beginning of Jesus' ministry rather than the eternal pre-existence, though both beginnings are probably in view simultaneously. This verse grounded the early church's rule that orthodoxy required both eternal sonship and genuine incarnation — the double test that Chalcedon (451 AD) codified against both Arianism and Docetism.
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That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life
That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life--
That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life
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For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
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