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La Kingdom Interlinear, publiée par la Société Watch Tower elle-même, imprime sous le grec de Jean 1:1 les gloses mot à mot “and” “god” “was” “the” “Word” — sans aucun article indéfini dans toute la ligne — tandis que la colonne de la Traduction du monde nouveau, à côté, porte “and the Word was a god”.

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Déclaration explicite · 1985 Vérifié

La Kingdom Interlinear, publiée par la Société Watch Tower elle-même, imprime sous le grec de Jean 1:1 les gloses mot à mot “and” “god” “was” “the” “Word” — sans aucun article indéfini dans toute la ligne — tandis que la colonne de la Traduction du monde nouveau, à côté, porte “and the Word was a god”. Source: The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, 1985Source: The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, 1985

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : L’appendice 2A de l’organisation déclare que « c’est avec une justification égale que l’article indéfini “a” est inséré devant le θεός anarthre de l’attribut en Jean 1:1 », et que l’anglais exige un article là où le grec n’en exige pas.

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Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, “John 1:1 (word-for-word English under the Greek)”

1985 · John 1:1 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“Ἐν In ἀρχῇ beginning ἦν was ὁ the λόγος, Word, καὶ and ὁ the λόγος Word ἦν was πρὸς toward τὸν the θεόν, God, καὶ and θεὸς god ἦν was ὁ the λόγος. Word.”

The Watch Tower Society's own interlinear sets its word-for-word English beneath the Westcott and Hort Greek text. Its literal line for the third clause reads 'and god was the Word'; the New World Translation column beside it reads 'and the Word was a god'.

Note de provenance et de vérification for The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, John 1:1 (word-for-word English under the Greek)

Note sur la fiabilité. Interlinear text opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026 and the Greek and the English gloss read directly from the page.

Corroboré par. src-nwtv-nwt2013-john-1-1

Notes. The Kingdom Interlinear is itself a Watch Tower publication, so this is primary evidence of what the organisation's own scholars took the Greek to say word for word.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-nwtv-int-john-1-1

Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, “Appendix 2A: Jesus—A Godlike One; Divine”

1985 · pp.1139-1140 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“The articular construction of the noun points to an identity, a personality, whereas a singular anarthrous predicate noun preceding the verb points to a quality about someone. Therefore, John’s statement that the Word, or Logos, was “a god” or “divine” or “godlike” does not mean that he was the God with whom he was.”

The organisation's fullest published defence of 'a god'. The appendix also lists seven other translations that render the clause 'a god', 'divine' or 'godlike', quotes Philip B. Harner's 1973 Journal of Biblical Literature article, and gives a chart of anarthrous predicate nouns in Mark and John (apparition, prophet, thief, king and so on) where translators supply 'a'.

Note de provenance et de vérification for The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, Appendix 2A: Jesus—A Godlike One; Divine

Note sur la fiabilité. Appendix opened in full on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; page markers 1139 and 1140 read from the HTML page-number spans.

Notes. The appendix quotes Harner: 'In John 1:1 I think that the qualitative force of the predicate is so prominent that the noun cannot be regarded as definite.' It does not quote any rendering Harner himself proposed.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-nwtv-int-app2a

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