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John 8-14 (Translated) (view source)
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|I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
|I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
|So I told you that you will die with your sins unforgiven, because if you do not believe that I Am, you will die with your sins unforgiven.
|So I told you that you will die with your sins unforgiven, because if you do not believe that I Am, you will die with your sins unforgiven.
|The phrase, "εγω ειμι" was the common way of saying, "I am he" or "I am the one" or "it is I" or "here I am" or "I am who I say I am," which is why the Jews initially understood Him to be saying something like, "I am who I say I am." It is also, however, the Greek form of how Yahweh identified Himself to Moses in Exodus 3:14, but since no Jew would dare commit the blasphemy of associating himself with that name, it would never even occur to the Jews to take that as the meaning. Ironically, in light of Jesus' statement in verse 58 below, it is clear that this is exactly how Jesus intended it to be understood. I have chosen to translate it as Jesus meant it, not as the Jews understood it (which is how most translations handle this verse).
|The phrase, "εγω ειμι" was the common way of saying, "I am he" or "I am the one" or "it is I" or "here I am" or "I am who I say I am," which is why the Jews initially understood Him to be saying something like, "I am who I say I am." It is also, however, the Greek version of the short form of how Yahweh identified Himself to Moses in Exodus 3:14 ("I Am"), but since no Jew would dare commit the blasphemy of associating himself with that name, it would never even occur to the Jews to take that as the meaning. Ironically, in light of Jesus' statement in verse 58 below, it is clear that this is exactly how Jesus intended it to be understood. I have chosen to translate it as Jesus meant it, not as the Jews understood it (which is how most translations handle this verse).
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