What is the significance of the name, "The Word"? God / Jesus has many names which reveal something of His nature / character, e.g.:


Son of God (reveals His divine nature)
Son of Man (reveals His human nature)
etc.


But "The Word" is more puzzling to me. Why is Jesus called "The Word" and what does it reveal about Him?


  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.


John 1:1
By Greek word being translated to Word is "Logos".  Both Jews and Gentiles would have taken significant meaning from this.

For Jewish readers, Logos is how God achieved his will and is the personification of God's revelation to them.

For Gentile readers, Logos would have been understood as an intermediate entity through which God created and communicated.

By calling Jesus "the Word" in John 1:1, he is saying Jesus is God's will and God is communicating through him.  He is also saying that Jesus is a part of God, therefore anything which comes through Jesus, even though it is through the flesh, is directly from God.

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