Joh 5:18, 23, 8:58-59, 10:30, 33, 38, 14:9, 20:28, Rev 1:17-18, 21:6 | TSK | STEP

I am.That our Lord by this expression asserted his divinity and eternal existence, as the great I AM, appears evident from the use of the present tense, instead of the past tense, from its being in answer to the Jews, who enquired whether he had seen Abraham, and from its being thus understood by the multitude, who were exasperated at it to such a degree that they took up stones to stone him. The ancient Jews not only believed that the Messiah was superior to and Lord of all the patriarchs, and even of angels, but that his celestial nature existed with God from whom it emanated, before the creation, and that the creation was effected by his ministry.

Ex 3:14; Isa 43:13; 44:6,8; 46:9; 48:12; Re 1:8

took.

5,6; 10:30-33; 11:8; 18:31; Le 24:16; Lu 4:29; Ac 7:57

but.

5:13; 10:39,40; 11:54; Ge 19:11; 2Ki 6:18-20; Lu 4:30; 24:31

Ac 8:39,40

John 10:30

1:1,2; 5:17,23; 8:58; 14:9,23; 16:15; 17:10,21; Mt 11:27; 28:19

1Ti 3:16; Tit 2:13; 1Jo 5:7,20

John 10:33

but.

Le 24:14; 1Ki 21:10

makest.

30; 5:18; Ps 82:6; Ro 13:1; Php 2:6

John 10:38

believe the.

3:2; 5:36; Ac 2:22; 4:8-12

that ye.

30; 14:9-11,20; 17:11,21-23

John 14:9

Have.

Mr 9:19

he.

7,20; 12:45; Col 1:15; Php 2:6; Heb 1:3

how.

Ge 26:9; Ps 11:1; Jer 2:23; Lu 12:56; 1Co 15:12

John 20:28

My Lord.The disbelief of the apostle is the means of furnishing us with a full and satisfactory demonstration of the resurrection of our Lord. Throughout the divine dispensations every doctrine and ever important truth is gradually revealed; and here we have a conspicuous instance of the progressive system. An angel first declares the glorious event; the empty sepulchre confirms the women's report. Christ's appearance to Mary Magdalene shewed that he was alive; that to the disciples at Emmaus proved that it was at the least the spirit of Christ; that to the eleven shewed the reality of his body; and the conviction given to Thomas proved it the self-same body that had been crucified. Incredulity itself is satisfied; and the convinced apostle exclaims, in the joy of his heart, "My Lord and my God!"

16,31; 5:23; 9:35-38; Ps 45:6,11; 102:24-28; 118:24-28; Isa 7:14; 9:6

Isa 25:9; 40:9-11; Jer 23:5,6; Mal 3:1; Mt 14:33; Lu 24:52

Ac 7:59,60; 1Ti 3:16; Re 5:9-14