Dwelt in Us, or Dwelt Among Us? John 1:14 (part 2)
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt in us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of a unique son with a father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). In a previous podcast we noted that “the Word became flesh” can be interpreted as a metaphorical declaration. Based on Old Testament parallels and Jesus’s “flesh” being the topic again in John 6, “the Word became flesh” means that the man Christ Jesus, the Word, became God’s provision for restoration and eternal life. In another previous podcast/article called, “The Word BECAME Flesh? Why John 1:14 does NOT say God became man" I gave reasons why John 1:14 does not say God became man. Now, in this podcast I want to focus on a few additional interpretive issues of specific words in John 1:14 that mainstream Christians interpret as evidence that God became man. The Meaning of "Dwelt" (ἐσκήνωσεν) The first issue concerns the verb translated "dwelt" (ἐσκήνωσεν, eskḗnōsen ), the aorist activ...