Messianic Self-Revelation
Definition
Christ’s utterances ‘I am the Light of the world’, ‘that I am He’, ‘before Abraham was, I AM’ are read as transparent claims to deity, which the Pharisees understood and rejected as blasphemy.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- The I Am Ego Eimi Sayings
Biblical References
- John 8:1-11 — But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a wo
- John 8:6 — *(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger. *
- Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22 — *If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman, both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman *
- John 8:12 — *Then Jesus spoke out again, “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 8:14 — *Jesus answered, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going. *
- John 8:18 — *I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.” *