I AM Statments

Dr. Gary Moritz

Hi Everyone,

I am feeling overwhelmed by my own Library! I am trying to set up my sermon search for I AM statements of Jesus. I am having difficulty on the search of how to do this. Can anyone help me do this by pulling in my large library. Help this brutha out!

Thanks so much Pastor Gary

James Taylor

Dr. Gary Moritz said:

. Can anyone help me do this by pulling in my large library.

Here's what I did...

Here's the most relevant result...

Jesus’ ‘I Am’ Statements

Statement*
Reference
“Have courage, I am he! Do not be afraid!”
Matt 14:27; parallel in Mark 6:50; John 6:20
“I am, and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
Mark 14:62
“I, the one speaking to you, am he.”
John 4:26
“I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty again.”
John 6:35; repeated in John 6:48, 51
“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12
“I am the one who testifies concerning myself, and the Father who sent me testifies concerning me.”
John 8:18
“Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am!”
John 8:58
“Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.”
John 10:7; also in John 10:9
“I am the good shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
John 10:11; also in John 10:14
“I am the resurrection and the life.”
John 11:25
“From now on I am telling you before it happens, in order that when it happens you may believe that I am he.”
John 13:19
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.”
John 14:6
“I am the true vine.”
John 15:1; “I am the vine” in John 15:5
“ ‘Who are you looking for?’ They replied to him, ‘Jesus the Nazarene.’ He said to them, ‘I am he.’”
John 18:4–5; also in John 18:6, 8
*Passages taken from the Lexham English Bible.

Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

Exported from Logos Bible Software, 2:10 PM August 9, 2017.

James Taylor

Dr. Gary Moritz said:

Hi Everyone

By the way, welcome to the forums Pastor Gary!

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

Dr. Gary Moritz said:

I am trying to set up my sermon search for I AM statements of Jesus.

Welcome [:D]

The Greek verb εἰμι can be translated "I am" while the "I AM" statements of Jesus include the Greek personal pronoun ἐγὼ (also used by other speakers)

One way to search for "I AM" is proximity (useful in reverse interlinear resources since English translation "I am" has same word order as Greek)

ἐγώ BEFORE 1 WORD εἰμί

Search can be refined to Jesus OR God speaking: (Septuagint has Greek translation of Hebrew Bible with many "I AM" statements)

({Speaker <Person Jesus>} OR {Speaker <Person God>}) INTERSECTS (ἐγώ BEFORE 1 WORD εἰμί)

Note: searching Greek using specific spelling instead of lemma's for "I AM"

Keep Smiling [:)]

James Taylor

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({Speaker <Person Jesus>} OR {Speaker <Person God>}) INTERSECTS (ἐγώ BEFORE 1 WORD εἰμί)

Excellent approach, thanks!