Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
 Again, it is not said that in the beginning He was, in the sense of then coming into being ( ἐγένετο ),   but He existed ( ἦν ). Thus before all time the Word was. When the great truth of the incarnation is noted in verse 14, it is said not that the Word came into existence, but that He was  made  ( ἐγένετο ) flesh began so to be. This, therefore, so much the more contrasts with verses 1 and 2.
