John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.

As the 4 Gospel writers gathered their thoughts, each began their story at the beginning. For Mark, it began with the ministry of John the Baptist in the wilderness. For Matthew and Luke, the good news began with the birth of Jesus, under amazing circumstances. For John, it begins in the beginning, before all time and all creation. It is a new creation, a new Genesis, in which the Word already WAS.