“Loving kindness and truth” — the pair God reaches for when He proclaims His own character to Moses, and the pair John echoes of the Word made flesh
also written: hesed ve'emet, hesed veemet, chesed ve'emet, hesed ve’emet
In Scripture
World English Bible
Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
Exodus 34:6
God names His own character to Moses
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
John’s Greek phrase “grace and truth” recalls God’s self-description in Exodus 34:6; this is a New Testament echo, not a Hebrew occurrence.
