Murals (2008) by PHANTAST - Graffiti - Cultural Music & Art Association inc. - 98 Milne St. Benleigh
7 Ian. Sf.Ioan Botezātorul.
7th of Jan. 2025.
The Incarnate Logos and the divine mission of John the Baptist.
Probably an early Christological Hymn about Jesus and John the Baptist.
Its core (John 1:1-5) is poetic in structure, with short phrases linked by 'staircase paralellelism', in which the last word of one phrase becomes the first word of the next.
Prose inserts (John 1:6-8) deal with John the Baptist:
"In the beginning was the World,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came to be through Him,
and without Him nothing came to be.
What came to be through Him was life,
and this life was the light of the human race.
The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it".
A man named John was sent from God .
He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.
He was not the light, but came to testify to the light.
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.