by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. We continue with the longest account of the Last Supper at the Upper Room in all the Gospels. With the last εγώ εἰμι (“IAM”) declaration in John 13:19, the Lord Jesus continues to let his disciples understand that his betrayal was coming but his hour of glorification was also coming….
I AM the Resurrection and the Life – Part 2
by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. On the subject of 3 days for resurrection, let’s look at the “Hazon Gabriel,” a 3-foot tall tablet (96cm x 37cm) with 87 lines of Hebrew in 2 columns discovered in 1999 east of the Dead Sea, dating from the 2nd half of the 1st century BCE (see image below)….
I AM the Resurrection and the Life – Part 1
by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. Now we continue with the next εγώ εἰμι (“I AM”) declaration that has a metaphor as its nominative predicate. This is found in John 11:25. The immediate context is familiar to us and informs us that the Lord Jesus was told that his friend Lazarus was ill and his 2…
I AM the Good Shepherd
by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. As mentioned last week, a major contextual theme of John 10 is about the concept of God as a shepherd to his flock, his people Israel. As this metaphor is expressed so beautifully in Psalm 23, most people probably believe that this is all there is to it. God takes…
The I AM – The Door of Salvation
by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. We continue with the next εγώ εἰμι (“I AM”) declaration that has a metaphor as its nominative predicate. Previously, the Lord Jesus had already said that he was the true bread of life that came down from heaven (John 6:35, 48, and 51) and the light of the world (John…
The “I AM” Before Abraham Was – Part 2
by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. Let us review the Greek verse of John 8:58: εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς· Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι ἐγὼ εἰμί. As stated last week, this can formally or quite literally be translated as: Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham came into being, I…
The “I AM” Before Abraham Was – Part 1
by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. We continue with the last absolute (i.e., not metaphorical) εγώ εἰμι (“I AM”) declaration in Chapter 8 of the Gospel of John. Our Lord Jesus and the disbelieving Ἰουδαῖοι (Jewish authorities opposed to him; coming from the Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians, the ruling elite, etc.) continue with their running argument amidst…
The “I AM” Lifted Up
by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. We are still in the midst of the tense dialogue between our Lord Jesus and the Ἰουδαῖοι (Jewish authorities opposed to him) and all the people there at the Temple grounds in the vicinity of the treasury as the Gospel of John chapter 8 narrates. The Lord had already told…
The “I AM” and Sin and Death
by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. Before we continue with the next “I AM” in John 8:24, I would like to point out that there is a missing statement after I wrote “…Greek word order is meant to emphasize certain words, here it seems the Apostle John has deliberately set up the last word of the…
I AM the One Witnessing About Myself
by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. After analyzing the “I AM” emphatic declaration of our Lord Jesus in the Gospel of John regarding himself as the source of true light for the entire world and its related verses in both the Old Testament (OT) and New Testament (NT), we will again take a look at another…