Eimi Quotes

Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age.” Note the “I Am.” In the Greek it is the strongest possible form of expression – Ego Eimi. Both ego and eimi mean “I am” but the former puts the emphasis on the “I” while the latter puts it on the “am.” Taken together they are the strongest Greek form to express the name of God as the great “I AM.” That is how the risen Christ here refers to Himself. “Lo, I AM with you!” But there is a lovely feature in the Greek construction here which does not reveal itself in our English translation. It reads like this: “And lo, I with you AM…” You and I dear fellow believer, are in between the “I” and the “AM.” He is not only with us, He is all around us. Not only now and then, but “always” which literally translated is, “all the days” … this day, this hour, this moment. Why, when we reflect on it, were not our Lord’s sudden appearings & disappearings during the 40 days between His resurrection and His ascension meant to teach those early disciples (and ourselves) this very thing, that even when He is invisible He is none the less present, hearing, watching, knowing, sympathizing, overruling? Let us never forget that the special promise of His presence is given in connection with our going forth as winners of others to Him.

Son of Man is Jesus’ favorite self-designation in the gospels and at least twice, one of them in Mark 14, he basically paraphrases some of the vital elements of Daniel 7:13-14. Then he clearly identifies himself as that last person. The Jewish high priest asks Jesus, “Are you the Christ [Messiah], the Son of the Blessed One?” Notice Jesus’ response: Ego eimi, “I am.

In all, Jesus uses the term I am (Gr. Ego eimi) more than nineteen times in reference to Himself in the Gospel according to John. Often it is used to make claims about Himself that normally would be thought appropriate only for God. For example, I am the bread of life, he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst (6:35); I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life (8:12); Unless you believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins (8:24); I am the good shepherd (10:11-14) [cf. Psalm 23:1: “The LORD is my shepherd”]; I am the resurrection, and the life; He who believes in Me shall live even if he dies (11:25). Other Scriptures on this subject include John 4:26; 6:41, 48, 51; 8:18, 28, 58; 10:7, 9; 13:19; 14:6; and 15:1.)