John 1:2
Douay-Rheims
The same was in the beginning with God.
Alcuin of York
Wherefore does he use the substantive verb, was? That you might understand that the Word, Which is coeternal with God the Father, was before all time.
Source details
A.D. 804 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:2
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.