A. To confound the heresy of Ebion and Cerinthus, who denied the divinity of our blessed Lord: and therefore, through the whole gospel we find he takes all opportunities of proving, that Jesus Christ was very God of very God; another thing he had in view when he wrote it, was to supply what was wanting in the other Evangelists; therefore he chiefly relates to us those particulars which the other Evangelists had omitted.
Q. What may we learn from God’s permitting some of the Evangelists to leave out what the others put in, and again some inserting what others have left out?
A. That God would hereby oblige us to read all; and also to exercise our understanding, that by comparing spiritual things with spiritual, we might find out the truth.
1.Q. Who is meant by the Word?
A. Jesus Christ.
Q. Is there any proof in this verse, that Jesus Christ is God?
A. Yes: “And the Word was God.”
Q. Why was it necessary that Jesus our Saviour should be God?
A. Because it was impossible for any creature to satisfy for our sins.
3.Q. Is here any proof of the Divinity of Christ?