The parables of Jesus revealed many of these things; he thereby fulfilled the prophecy concerning himself, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world" (Matt. 13:35). It was in this sense that "the word was with God...in the beginning", to be "made flesh" at Christ's birth.
Mahubiri ya mifano mingi yalifunua mambo haya; kwa hiyo alitimiza unabii unaomhusu yeye mwenyewe,"Nitafumbua kinywa changu kwa mifano; Nitayatamka yaliyosotirika tangu awali - yaani tangu mwanzo wa ulimwengu"(Math. 13: 35). Ilikuwa ni kwa maana hii ya kuwa"neno alikuwa na Mungu ……. Hapo mwanzo"ili"lifanyike mwili"Kristo akazaliwa.