Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jking@apollo.hp.com (John King) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Who do you say Christ is? (and other questions) Message-ID: Date: 22 Sep 89 02:18:24 GMT Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass. Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Comment on the moderators comment: > The LXX (the >standard Greek translation of the OT at the time the NT was written) >uses "ego eimi" as a designation for YHWH in Is 51:12, and probably Is >52:6. It also translates "I am YHWH" in Is 45:18 as "ego eimi" This does not surprise me. The earlier copies of the LXX had the Hebrew YHWH in the greek text. In later copies it had been edited out. To respond to queries with the simple "I am" was very common. For example, just a few verses beyond the "famous", "I AM" statement by Jesus at John 8:58, at John 9:9, when a begger was asked if he was the one connected with Jesus, he responded, "I AM". Strange that no one started ripping their garments. I might add that there were many things in the Jewish culture of Jesus' day that resulted in charges of blastphemy. The account in Mark 14:61 is clear. He said "I AM" to the direct question of, 'Do you claim to be the SON if God'. Jack