\subsection{\John 1}
\subsubsection{Prologue to the Gospel}
\lettrine[lraise=0]{I}{n} the beginning%
\footnote{Clearly an allusion to Genesis 1:1} 
was the Logos\fnLogos{}, 
and the Logos was with God%
\footnote{Greek at this time did not have 
upper vs. lower case letters. `God' vs. `god' has to be determined from context.}, 
and the Logos was God. 
\VS{2} He was in [the] beginning with God. 
\VS{3} All [things] came-into-being through him, 
and apart from him came-into-being not one [thing] that has 
come-into-being%
\footnote{"come-into-being": the same Greek verb GINOMAI three times in the same sentence --- 
for emphasis.}. 
\VS{4} In him was \zoe{}-life%
\fnZoe{}, 
and the \zoe{}-life was the light of humanity. 
\VS{5} And the light shines in the darkness, 
and the darkness did not master%
\footnote{Can mean 'understand' or `overcome'. Here: perhaps both!} it. 

\VS{6} There came [a] person [who] has been sent from God, his name [was] \John; 
\VS{7} He came for [a] witness, that he should witness concerning the light, 
that all trust\fnPistisJohn{} through him. 
\VS{8} He was not the light, but that he witness concerning the light. 
\VS{9} This was the true light, that enlightens everyone, 
coming into the world.%
\fnKosmos{}
\footnote{It's unclear where it's ``the true light \ldots
coming into the Cosmos'' or 
``that enlightens everyone coming into the world.'' Perhaps both!
} 
\VS{10} He was in the world, and the world came-into-being through him, 
and the world did not know him. 
\VS{11} He came to his own,
and his own did not receive him.%
\footnote{The syntax here is subtle: ``He came to his own [things] (plural neuter pronoun),
and his own [people] (plural masculine pronoun) did not receive him.''}
\VS{12} But as many as received him, 
to them he gave authority to become children of God, 
to those trusting\fnPistisJohn{} in his name, 
\VS{13} those [who] were born not from bloods%
\footnote{The plural may imply both parents --- perhaps `human descent'.} 
nor from [the] will of flesh 
nor from [the] will of [a] male\fnAner{} but from God. 

\VS{14} And the Logos became flesh, and tented%
\footnote{Indicates a temporary, not permanent dwelling. 
May also refer to the Tabernacle.} 
among us%
\footnote{Anyone at all literate in Hellenistic (Greek) philosophy would
already be acquainted with the 'Cosmic LOGOS'. What the
gospel author is claiming, and would be genuinely shocking to a first
century Hellenistic reader, is the idea of the LOGOS becoming \textbf{flesh}}, 
and we observed his glory, 
glory as of [the] uniquely-begotten\fnMonogenes{} from [the] father, 
full of grace and truth. 
\VS{15} \John witnesses about him and has cried out saying: 
This was [about] whom I said: The [one] coming after me is become in front of me because he was before%
\footnote{can mean `before' in the sense of Rank, or of Time (he was here first)}. 
\VS{16} For from his fullness we all received, 
and grace in-place-of%
\footnote{"in-place-of (ANTI): primarily ``instead of'', ``in place of''. 
Could mean 1. ``grace instead of grace'' (new covenant replacing the old?), \\
2. ``grace upon grace'' --- a super-abundance, or \\
3. ``grace corresponding to grace''. The most literal reading is 1. See the Septuagint Ex.33:13\ldots{}} 
grace.
\VS{17} For the law was given through \Moses, 
grace and truth came-into-being%
\footnote{\John uses GINOMAI here deliberately — the law was \textit{given}, 
but grace and truth \textit{came-into-being} --- same verb as the Prologue cosmology.} 
 through \Iesous [the] Anointed.%
\fnChristos{}
\VS{18} No one has ever seen God; 
[the] uniquely-begotten
God\footnote{``God'' \papyrus{66,75}\sinaiticus{}B\hesychian{}; ``son'' \koine{} \vulgate{}.
``God'' instead of ``son'' also echoes vs. 1.
Note: only one letter ($\Theta$ vs. $\Upsilon$) would have differentiated these two readings in the manuscripts.
}, 
the [one] being in the lap\footnote{or 'bosom'} of the father, he has declared%
\footnote{or `explained'} [him]. 

\subsubsection{The Testimony of \John the Baptist}
\VS{19} And this is \John's witness when the Jews sent to him priests and \Leuitess from Jerusalem 
that they ask him: Who are you? 
\VS{20} And he professed and did not deny, and professed: 
I am not the Anointed. 
\VS{21} And they asked him, 
What then? Are you \Elias? And he says: 
I am not. 
Are you the prophet? And he answered: No. 
\VS{22} Then they said to him: 
Who are you, so that we may give answer to those having sent us.
What do you say about yourself? 

\VS{23} He said:\footnote{Is.40:3} 
\begin{verse}
I [am the] voice of [one] crying in the wilderness, \\
Make straight the way of the Lord,
\end{verse}
just as Isaiah the prophet said. 

\VS{24} And they had been sent by the Pharisees. 
\VS{25} And they asked him%
 
and said to him: 
So why do you baptize if you are not the Anointed nor \Elias nor the prophet? 

\VS{26} \John answered them saying: I baptize in water. 
In your midst has stood what you do not know, 
\VS{27} the [one] coming after me, 
of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the thong of his sandal. 
\VS{28} These [things] came to pass in \Bethania 
on the other side of the \Jordan, where \John was baptizing. 

\VS{29} On the next day he sees \Iesous coming toward him, 
and says: Behold the lamb of God, the [one] taking away the sin of the world\fnKosmos{}. 
\VS{30} This is heard concerning whom I said: [A] man\fnAner{}
comes after me that is become before me, 
because he was my foremost%
\footnote{Or ``first''. That is, ``has a higher rank than I.''}. 
\VS{31} And I did not know him. 
But so that he be revealed to \Israel, 
because of this I came baptizing in water. 

\VS{32} And \John witnessed, saying: 
I have seen the spirit coming down as [a] dove out of heaven, 
and [he] remained upon him. 
\VS{33} And I did not know him, 
but the [one who] sent me to be baptizing in water, 
he said to me: 
Upon whom you see the spirit coming down and remaining upon him, 
this is the [one] baptizing in [the] Holy Spirit. 
\VS{34} And I have seen, 
and have witnessed that this is the Son of God. 

\VS{35} On the next day \John had again stood [there], also two from his disciples. 
\VS{36} And when [he] looked upon \Iesous walking he says: Behold the lamb of God. 
\VS{37} And the two disciples heard him speaking and they followed \Iesous. 
\VS{38} Now when \Iesous turned and saw them following he says to them: 
What are you seeking? 
And they said to him: 
Rabbi, which is saying being translated: Teacher, 
where are you staying? 
\VS{39} He says to them: 
Be coming and you will see. 
So they came and saw where he stays, 
and they stayed with him that day, 
as it was [the] tenth hour.%
\footnote{Counting from dawn --- about 6am --- approx. 4 pm}

\subsubsection{\Andrew's Declaration}
\VS{40} \Andrew the brother of \Simon \Petros was one of the two who heard from \John and followed him. 
\VS{41} He finds first his own brother \Simon and says to him: 
We have found the Messiah, which is being translated: [the] Anointed. 
\VS{42} He brought him to \Iesous. 
Having looked upon him, \Iesous said: 
You are \Simon the son of Jonas, you shall be called Cephas%
\footnote{Aramaic for ``rock''}, 
which is translated: \Petros.%
\footnote{PETROS, Greek for ``rock''}

\subsubsection{Calling More Disciples}
\VS{43} On the next day he wanted to go forth into \Galilee, 
and he finds \Phillip. 
And \Iesous says to him: Be following me.
\VS{44} Now \Phillip was from \Bethsaida, 
from the city of \Andrew and \Petros. 
\VS{45} \Phillip finds Nathaneal, and says to him: 
What is written in the law of \Moses and the 
prophets we have found, \Iesous, son of \Joseph, the [one] from \Nazareth. 
\VS{46} And Nathanael said to him: What good is able to be out of \Nazareth? 
\Phillip says to him: Be coming and see. 

\VS{47} \Iesous saw Nathanael coming toward him and says concerning him: 
Behold [a] true \Israelite in whom there is no deceit.
\VS{48} Nathanael says to him: 
Whence do you know me? 
\Iesous answered and said to him: 
Before \Phillip called you, being under the fig tree I saw you.
\VS{49} Nathanael answered him: 
Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are king of \Israel. 
\VS{50} \Iesous answered and said to him: 
Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree you are trusting? 
Greater than these you will see.
\VS{51} Truly truly I say to you, 
You will [all]\fnYouPlural{} see heaven having opened 
and the angels of God ascending and descending%
\footnote{An allusion to \Jacob\fnJacob{}'s ladder (Gen.28:12) --- 
angels ascending and descending. 
Note that in Genesis they ascend and descend on the ladder; 
here they ascend and descend upon the Son of Humanity. \John's point is hard to miss.} 
upon the Son of Humanity.%
\fnAnthropos{}%