“I Am” Sayings

Key Passages

• Bread: John 6:35, 51
• Light: John 8:12; 9:5
• Door: John 10:7, 9
• Good Shepherd: John 10:11, 14
• Ressurection and Life: John 11:25
• Way, Truth and Life: John 14:6
• True Vine: John 15:1, 5

• John 8:18
• John 8:23

• cf. Exodus 3:14

Logos-Resources

• John, The Gospel of | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
• The ‘I Am’ Sayings of Jesus | The Bible Guide
• Jesus the True Vine and the Disciples’ Need to Remain in Him (15:1–17) | Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament
• The Johannine Writings and the Johannine ‘Community’ | Discovering John
• “I Am” Sayings | Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
• “I Am” Sayings | Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, Second Edition
• The Absolute “I Am” Sayings in John’s Gospel | Encountering John: The Gospel in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective
• “I Am” Sayings | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Web Links

• John: Background to the “I am the ...” Statements
• “The I AM sayings prove Jesus to be Divine” by Adel Mohammed El Naggar
• “I AM” Sayings in the Fourth Gospel

Print Resources

• No man ever spoke as this man: The great I am’s of Jesus by Anthony M Coniaris