Actually Jesus is the Word aka. Scripture.
Luke 2:41-50
41 His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.
42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast.
43 When they had finished the days, as they returned, the Boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother[a] did not know it;
44 but supposing Him to have been in the company, they went a day’s journey, and sought Him among their relatives and acquaintances.
45 So when they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking Him.
46 Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.
47 And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.
48 So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously.”
49 And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”
50 But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them.
But the Word, logos, in John 1: is not the same as holy scripture. Jesus is not scripture, scripture is not God.
bondserv: Jesus did not walk the Holy Lands with a sack of Bibles handing them out to people saying, ‘Here read this book & argue about it.’ Jesus Christ established a Church & out of the Church >came the Bible. I recommend you look for the Church that Jesus Christ established. There is a promise that the ‘Gates of Hell’ will not prevail against the Church.
John 21: 25, ‘There are also many other thing that Jesus did, but if these were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written.’ We worship God & >not a Bible. However, Jesus is mysteriously present in Scripture. Still >God is more than just what is found in a Bible.
In a Catholic Church Service, a portion of the Bible is read as we ALL can, in a mysterious way, receive Jesus into our hearts by hearing Scripture. ‘Faith comes by hearing & hearing through the Word of God.’ I heard a Homily by a Priest where he spoke about ‘receiving a type of communion through the ear’> for everyone but especially those that can NOT receive the Eucharist.
In the Bible, Acts8:26-38, there is an event that demonstrates that ‘having a Bible & reading it’ does not necessarily bring about under standing of Scripture. Understanding in these passages was brought about by Philip. The Catholic Church as maintained for the last TWO Thousand years that it has Apostolic Authority to teach & explain Scripture.
To bring this comment back to the original thread: One of the titles of The Church established by Jesus Christ is: ‘Holy Mother our Church’ as the term ‘Mother’ means more than just ‘popping out babies.’ >Mother also means love & care that can only be given with a Mother’s Heart.