Besides giving a real-life picture of Jesus while he was on earth, the Bible shows that he had a prehuman existence as the only-begotten Son of God, "the firstborn of all creation."
Ngaphezu kokunikeza umfanekiso wangempela wokuphila kukaJesu esemhlabeni, iBhayibheli libonisa ukuthi wayeke waphila ngaphambi kokuba ngumuntu njengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu ezelwe yodwa, "izibulo layo yonke indalo."