In the gospel of John, the phrase, I Am is used by Jesus in three different ways:<\/p>\n
1)<\/strong> It appears as a simple statement of identity in John 4:26; John 6:20; John 18:5.<\/p>\n 2)<\/strong> It is followed most often by a predicate nominative (John 6:35,51; John 8:12; John 10:7,9,11,14; John 11:25; John 14:6; John 15:1,5).<\/p>\n 3)<\/strong> In several places, it is used absolutely (John 8:24,28,58; John 13:19).<\/p>\n It is necessary to look closely at the absolute use of the I Am phrase. Although there is evidence of a similar use of this term in religious literature outside of the Old Testament, the Old Testament itself offers the best background for understanding its use in the gospel of John.<\/p>\n In the passage in which God reveals His name to Moses (Exodus 3:14), the Greek Septuagint translates the Hebrew phrase as I Am the Existing One. This rendition of the divine name in Greek, is paralleled elsewhere in the Old Testament.<\/p>\n In several places, the phrase, I am (literally Hebrew, I am he), is used as a divine name. Isaiah 43:25 ASV is a striking example. There, the Hebrew reads, I, I am he, who wipes out sin. The Septuagint translates the first part of this statement by using the Greek expression I am twice.<\/p>\n The Septuagint actually reads, I am I am who wipes out sin and the second I am becomes the equivalent of the divine name. The Greek translators of Isaiah 51:12 ASV, followed the same procedure.<\/p>\n In later Judaism, the expression, I am was definitely used as a name for God. Thus in the above listed passages recorded by John, Jesus uses the phrase, I am in an absolute sense He is identifying Himself with God.<\/p>\n Source:<\/strong> UBS Handbook Series, United Bible Societies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the gospel of John, the phrase, I Am is used by Jesus in three different ways: 1) It appears as a simple statement of identity in John 4:26; John 6:20; John 18:5. 2) It is followed most often by a predicate nominative (John 6:35,51; John 8:12; John 10:7,9,11,14; John 11:25; John 14:6; John 15:1,5). … Continue reading ““I Am” As Used By Jesus In John's Gospel – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}