1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning - That glorious personage, Jesus Christ the Lord, Who was from eternity; him, being manifested in the flesh, we have heard proclaim the doctrine of eternal life; with our own eyes have we seen him, not transiently, for we have looked upon him frequently; and our hands have handled - frequently touched, his person; and we have had every proof of the identity and reality of this glorious being that our senses of hearing, ὁ ακηκοαμεν , seeing, ὁ ἑωρακαμεν τοις οφθαλμοις ἡμων , and feeling, και αἱ χειρες ἡμων εψηλαφησαν could possibly require.