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BSN: “I AM” Statements by Jesus

This is a work in progress. My goal is to be comprehensive, not exhaustive. I begin primarily with the Gospel of John.

“I am.”
  • Jn 8:24 – “…unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
  • Jn 8:28 – “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He…”
  • Jn 8:58 – “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”
  • Jn 13:19 – “From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.”
“I am…”
  • Jn 6:35 – “I am the bread of life…”
  • Jn 6:41 – “I am the bread that came down out of heaven.”
  • Jn 6:48 – “I am the bread of life.”
  • Jn 6:51 – “I am the living bread that came down out of heaven…”
  • Jn 8:12 – “I am the Light of the world…”
  • Jn 9:5 – “While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”
  • Jn 10:7 – ““Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.”
  • Jn 10:9 – “I am the door…”
  • Jn 10:11 – “I am the good shepherd…”
  • Jn 10:14 – “I am the good shepherd…”
  • Jn 11:25 – “I am the resurrection and the life…”
  • Jn 13:13 – “You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.”
  • Jn 14:6 – “I am the way, and the truth, and the life…”
  • Jn 15:1 – “I am the true vine…”
  • Jn 15:5 – “I am the vine…”
  • Jn 18:37 – Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king…”
  • Acts 9:5-6 – And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do.”
  • Acts 22:8 – “And I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
  • Acts 26:15 – “And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
  • Rev 1:8 – “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
  • Rev 1:17-18 – When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.”
  • Rev 2:23 – “And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.”
  • Rev 21:6 – Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.
  • Rev 22:13 – “ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
  • Rev 22:16 – “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
Jesus Answering Questions with “I am.”
  • Luke 22:70 – And they all said, “Are You the Son of God, then?” And He said to them, “Yes, I am.”
  • Jn 18:4-8 – So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He said to them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them. So when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground. Therefore He again asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.” Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,”
Others Quoting Jesus Saying “I am…”
  • Mt 27:41-43 – In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, “He saved others; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. He trusts in God; let God rescue Him now, if He delights in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
  • Jn 10:35-36 – If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
  • Jn 19:21 – So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews’; but that He said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’”