Expression used 24 times in the Fourth Gospel, 15 times with a predicate; 9 times without
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Macrae
Gnostic parallels may be the main factor in understanding them
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Schnackenburg
Hellenistic and Gnostic thought must be taken into account
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Simmons
Without a doubt John intended his readers to understand that, by using this formula, Jesus made claims for himself that were understood by his enemies as being blasphemous and by his friends as proof of his Messiah and deity
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Hull
'I Am' is used to 'identify Jesus as a historical theophany of the eternal being of God and thus to assert his full deity
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Simmons
The fact that his listeners took up stones to stone him is evidence that they understood Jesus claimed his deity.
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Beasley-Murray
The saying indicates a real pre-existence for Jesus and implies an association with the divine Logos of the Prologue
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Guthrie (Important)
Through these sayings Jesus makes personal what in the Prologue is still abstract
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Guthrie (Important)
Sayings are an invitation to those who have not yet joined the narrator's perspective (that there is life in and through Jesus)
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Barclay (Important)
Wonderful works of Jesus were not simply wonderful; they were windows of opening on to the reality which is God
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Metzger (Challenging)
If true, Jesus should be properly worshipped and adored as Christ. If false, he is one of two things: a shameless liar; an incurable lunatic.
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Buhner
John is using a messenger formula common in the Ancient world
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Raymond Brown
Phrase came to be understood as divine name
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C.H. Dodd
Rabbinic evidence from 2nd Century shows that 'I Am' was used in Jewish liturgy to refer to God
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Card 2
Front
Gnostic parallels may be the main factor in understanding them
Back
Macrae
Card 3
Front
Hellenistic and Gnostic thought must be taken into account
Back
Card 4
Front
Without a doubt John intended his readers to understand that, by using this formula, Jesus made claims for himself that were understood by his enemies as being blasphemous and by his friends as proof of his Messiah and deity
Back
Card 5
Front
'I Am' is used to 'identify Jesus as a historical theophany of the eternal being of God and thus to assert his full deity
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