4In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.Some translations, including the New American Bible (Revised Edition) and the New Revised Standard Version, connect the final words of verse 3, εν ο γεγονεν, en ho gegonen with verse 4: 3All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.

[16] Joseph Benson notes that the name "John" means 'grace': "a name fitly given to the Messiah's forerunner, who was sent to proclaim the immediate accomplishment of God's gracious intentions".

[26] Verses 19–34 present John's manifesto, delivered to the priests and Levites sent by the Pharisees to investigate his message and purpose.

[23] John then reveals that when the Messiah comes he would be unfit to even so much as untie his sandals, let alone baptize him like the many he had up to that point.

Cephas, original Greek: Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), means "a rock" (Young's Literal Translation) or "a stone" (King James Version).

Name changes occur in other places in the Bible and demonstrate God's authority as well as what that person would become, do, or had done, such as Abram to Abraham, Jacob to Israel and Saul to Paul.

After reciting the dismissal formula Ite Missa est, the priest reads the Last Gospel in Latin from the altar card to their left.

At the beginning of verse 14, Et Verbum caro factum est ("And the Word became flesh"), the priest and attending servers genuflect.

Any congregants present, who remain standing for the reading, would kneel at this point, responding with Deo gratias ("Thanks be to God") at its conclusion.

It is not part of the 1969 Mass of Paul VI (known as the "Ordinary Form" and widely used today) that was introduced after the Second Vatican Council.

[38] In the Church of England, following the Book of Common Prayer (1662), St. John 1:1-14 is appointed to be read on Christmas Day.

This tradition has been maintained in the Episcopal Church (United States) in its Book of Common Prayer beginning in 1789.

[41] The King James Version of verse 29 from this chapter is cited as texts in the English-language oratorio "Messiah" by George Frideric Handel (HWV 56).