Timeline for What is so special about "ego eimi"?
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| Nov 26 at 6:24 | comment | added | Dottard | @TruthSeeker - most often, it is both. | |
| Nov 25 at 23:45 | comment | added | TruthSeeker | @Dottard All were either the basis for absolute trust/belief and reassurance in Jesus, or were a clear declaration of His claim to be the “I AM.” Does this mean we don't know for sure if it is the former or the latter (claim of deity)? | |
| Nov 25 at 18:34 | comment | added | Dottard | @TruthSeeker - see my final paragraph. | |
| Nov 25 at 14:21 | comment | added | TruthSeeker | @Dottard Can you tell with certainty which ones out of your list are a clear declaration of Jesus' claim to be the “I AM”, please? | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 23:13 | comment | added | Dottard | @JesusSaves - what? I explicitly quoted John 8:58 in my answer. The texts in the above comment are all from the OT. What the answer and these Ot texts show is that Jesus was claiming to be the "I AM" of the OT. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 23:10 | comment | added | Jesus Saves | @dotta None of your verses relate to the context of John 8:58, where Jesus is claiming to have existed before Abraham. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 20:14 | comment | added | Nigel J | @Dottard I will email regarding a suggestion. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 19:58 | comment | added | Dottard | @NigelJ - what do you suggest - I have been considering a web site but have not taken the plunge. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 19:57 | comment | added | Dottard | @JesusSaves - Your comment does not accord with the facts of Scripture in Ex 3:13-15, and Deut 32:39, Isa 41:4, 43:10, 13, 25, 45:19, 46:4, 48:12, 51:12, 52:6. Do you believe these verses are incorrect? | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 19:55 | comment | added | Nigel J | @Dottard It is worthy of documentation in full detail, sir. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 19:54 | comment | added | Dottard | @NigelJ - the above material is original Dottard stuff. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 18:13 | comment | added | Nigel J | The main point is that ειμι itself, the bare inflection of the copulative verb, means 'I am'. The point at issue is the addition of εγο to εγο ειμι. In the case of the once-blind man it becomes (in English idiom) 'It is I' or 'I am he' . . . . . OR - it has a significance that must be noted : such as an allusion to I AM that I AM. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 17:44 | comment | added | Nigel J | So the use of εγο ειμι is significant (rather than just the bare inflected verb ειμι'. As the once-blind man uses the expression εγο ειμι to mean 'it is I' or 'I am he', it is more than just 'I am'. This is actually a very sensitive and very productive subject. I appreciate your comprehensive treatment of it. Is this your own work or are you copying and pasting ? Pardon me asking but I want to look further into the whole subject. It is very important. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 17:28 | comment | added | Jesus Saves | “I am” is not a divine name in the OT. The phrase "εγω ειμι" is found 47 times in the NT. It was a common phrase in everyday Greek language, similar to English. The background to John 5:58 is that the religious leaders were already seeking a reason to kill Jesus (v. 47). The culmination of the heated exchange —Jesus stated to preexist Abraham who they considered their father. Trinitarians side with those who wanted to kill Jesus. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 9:58 | comment | added | Dottard | @NigelJ - I mean that the verb has no predicate and so is unpredicated. "I am" is unpredicated. "I am Gabriel", or, "I am Jewish" are both predicated because the verb "am" has a predicate. The predicate is what is left in a sentence after the subject and verb are removed. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 8:43 | comment | added | Nigel J | The Oxford English Dictionary does not contain the word 'unpredicated'. Could you define how you are using the word 'predicated' as it is not clear from your answer. Do you mean the verb is intransitive and has no object ? | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 4:52 | comment | added | chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic- | The presence of exactly 7 in John is itself a clue as to his intended interpretation. | |
| S Oct 14, 2020 at 1:47 | history | suggested | Nacht | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Linked the word "predicated" to aid some people who may not know what that means
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| Oct 13, 2020 at 20:05 | history | answered | Dottard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |