IS JESUS CHRIST THE “I AM” OF EXODUS 3:14 AND JOHN 8:58?
Revised August 2, 2022.
“God replied to Moses: I am who I am. Then he added: This is what you are to tell the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you”—Exodus 3:14 NAB
“Truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am”—John 8:58 NASB. Many translations of John 8:58 capitalize “I Am” so as to convey the idea of a title.
“You will find references to Exodus 3:14 in most commentaries on John 8:58—The Forgotten Trinity, p. 97
In these commentaries, it is asserted that Jesus Christ is the “I am” of both Exodus 3:14 and John 8:58. However, we do well to ask a question here, “Was Jesus giving himself a title at John 8:58 that only belongs to Almighty God, Yahweh, as at Exodus 3:14, or was he saying that he had a prehuman existence in heaven?”