Matthew Poole and continuators on John 1:14

14 And the word was made flesh , and dwelt amongst us , (and we beheld his glory , the glory as of the onely begotten of the father) , full of grace and truth .

The Son of God, called the Word, for the reasons before specified, was made truly man, as flesh often signifieth in Holy Writ, Gen. 6.12. Psal. 65.2. Isa. 40.5, 6. Not a vile, despicable, mortal man. The Evangelist rather saith he was made Flesh, than he was made man; more plainly to distinguish the two Natures in Christ, to assert the truth of his Humane Nature; to let us know that Christ assumed Humane Nature in common, not the particular nature of any; to commend the Love of God, and to let us see, That his Plaister was proportioned to our Sore, it reached all Flesh. The Evangelist saith not, he was changed into Flesh; but, by assuming he was made Flesh.

And he Tabe[illegible: 1 letter]nacled amongst us; amongst us men, or amongst men that were his Disciples: The word signifieth properly, he made no long stay.

And we beheld the signs and effects of his Glory; many of which were seen, both at the time of his Transfiguration, and at his Passion, Resurrection and Ascension; the Glory of his Grace, Ho[illegible: 1 letter]iness, Truth, Miraculous Operations, &c.

Which Glory was the Glory of the onely begotten of the Father; for the particle [as] here doth not signify Likeness, but Truth; Nehemiah 7.2. Iob 24.14.

Full of Grace and Truth, as he was God manifested in the flesh. Grace signifieth Love and Good Will, out of which it was that he delivered us from the Curse and Rigour of the Law (to which Grace is opposed). He was also full of Truth, both as Truth is opposed to Falshood, and is opposed to the Shadows and Figures of the Law; and Christ was full of Truth, as he was the Anti-type to all the Ceremonies, and all the Promises had and have their complement and reality in him. See chap. 14.17. 2 Cor. 1.20. Rom. 15.8. Truth also may signify the sincerity and integrity of Christs Life, as he was without guile.

Marginal references: Matth. 1.16. Luke 1.31. and 2.7.; Math. 17.2. 2 Pet. 1.17.; Col. 1.19. & 23, 9.