By starting out his gospel stating, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” John is introducing Jesus with a word or a term that both his Jewish and Gentile readers would have been familiar with.
Inumpisahan ni Juan ang kanyang ebanghelyo sa pangungusap na, Sa pasimula pa'y naroon na ang Salita. Kasama ng Diyos ang Salita at ang Salita ay Diyos. Ipinakilala ni Juan si Hesus sa pamamagitan ng isang terminolohiya na parehong nauunawaan ng mga mambabasang Hudyo at Hentil.