Yes, John was referring to Jesus. In verse 14, it says that the Word was made flesh.
In the phrase "In the beginning, the Word was with God, and the Word was God", "the Word" refers to Jesus.
The Word. ("In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1) In heaven Jesus is God. He always was and always will exist.
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God.This is a reference to Jesus Christ.
Jesus is part of the trinity which means he is God. John 1:1-2 can prove that Jesus like God always existed. John 1:1-2 "in the beginning was the Word, was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning."
The Gospel of John 1:1 -5, " In the beginning was the Word (Jesus) and the Word (Jesus) was with God, and the Word (Jesus) was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it".
There are many. If you asked a hundred people, you might get a hundred different answers, but here is one: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. It teaches us that Jesus was with God in the very beginning, and that He helped create the world.
The divinity of Jesus varied from gospel to gospel over time.In Mark's Gospel, the first to be written, Jesus is a human with divine powers.Matthew and Luke came next. In them, Jesus is the Son of God, from his virgin conception.John's Gospel begins with "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Jesus is identified as the Word, and therefore was God.
That would depend on what you mean. The word could mean The Bible as in God's Word or if you refer to John 1:1-2 you get:"1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God." (King James Version)In this the word actually refers to Jesus. You see "in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God." Right here there was something with God at creation. now lets finish verse 1. "and the word was God." so now we have given deity to the word another part of or God himself which leads you to think of the Holy Trinity, The Father, The Son (Jesus), and The Holy Spirit. now verse 2: "The same was in the beginning with God." and some translations even say "he was with God in the beginning" (I believe the NIV version)In this context the word actually refers to Jesus.
One view:No, Jesus is the Son of God. God sent Jesus Christ to the earth to die for our sins so that we could be saved.Another answerYes, Jesus is God:John 1:1-4New International Version (NIV)The Word Became Flesh1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was with God in the beginning.3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
John 1:1-3 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. [NKJV]
AnswerThe earliest mention of Jesus as God is in John's Gospel, with verse 1:1 saying, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God," although this could also be read as "the Word was a God." To further confuse this, verse 2 says, "The same was in the beginning with God." Nevertheless, it is John's Gospel that set Christianity on the path of seeing Jesus as God, not merely the son of God.
In Christian theology, Jesus did not "become" God. Jesus always was, and is, and always will be, God. (Cf. John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word [a term for Jesus], and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.") In some kinds of Gnosticism, Jesus was Just Some Guy who may or may not have become divine, but the details depend on the specific branch of Gnosticism you're talking about