John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS God," but Jehovah's Witnesses claim that it should be translated, "and the Word was A god." Here is definitive proof that this translation is impossible, that John affirms the deity of Jesus Christ, as do the other authors of Scripture. A thorough study of predicate nominatives in the New Testament and of John's testimony to Jesus, along with the testimony of all the New Testament to Jesus' deity, forms a formidable defense against the Witnesses' wrong understanding of who Jesus is.