(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);
This life which God is, John says, "was manifested." The word "manifested" is phaneroo, "to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown" (Thayer). This life which is invisible was made visible to the human race through the humanity of our Lord (93).