In the third clause...which is the subject?
Greek often puts the subject last, at least Attic Greek does, and I guess Koine does too. So, kai theos hÄ“n ho logos would be rendered and the word was ... God. I really am nowhere near good enough at the minutiae of Koine usage to tackle the JW’s point. But obviously a great many people think they’re mistaken. If I had nothing else to do I would blitz the word Theos in the NT and maybe the LXX and the early fathers and see if a generalization could be made. Socrates’s question is the fun one. Put a quarter in the slot (or a beer in the glass) and I’ll spew a lecture and meditation on the IndoEuropean root “leg” and the significance of our calling the person at the bank a “teller.” I think the root idea is NOT “gather,” as some say, but “sort,” as in sorting sheep and goats. When we “gather” we don’t pick up everything. We say “this, but not that.” What do you do when pages take forever to load? I play solitaire ... which is a stylized game of sorting. What does God do once the chaos is there? He sorts, light from dark (thus giving divine precedent to laundry) and dry-land from water. The ALMOST primal act is sorting! And Understanding in the OT is often “BINah,” which derives from a word meaning to divide! Second beer and we get into the “sorting” of the Son ... Im really off to the movies now. TTYL.