*EXPLANATION
Exegesis is a technical term used by Bible scholars for "drawing out the meaning of the text." (p92) In John 1:18 "No one has ever seen God; but God's only Son, he who is nearest to the Father's heart, he has made him known." (NEB) the last clause uses the Greek word exegesato which means "to lead one through an explanation, to narrate." The English word exegesis is derived from this word. The WORD is the one who leads men through a detailed explanation of God. To render "made him known" is too general and doesn't speak of the Son's (the Word's) intimate relationship with the Father, of his being God, and of his being the expression - the explanation - of God. The Son of God, called "the Word" came among men to explain the invisible God. Had he not come, God would have remained unknown by us. But the Word, who is himself God and knows God the Father, came to earth as a man among men to provide us with a full, living explanation of divinity. (p136) (Bible Versions, p92)