{
    "doctrine": "i-am-sayings",
    "reference": "John 6,8,10,11,14,15",
    "count": 7,
    "sayings": [
        {
            "english": "I AM the Bread of Life",
            "greek": "ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς",
            "latin": "Ego sum panis vitæ",
            "reference": "John 6:35",
            "verse": "he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.",
            "note": "Spoken after feeding the five thousand. The manna that fell from heaven was a shadow. He is the substance — the bread that, once eaten, satisfies forever."
        },
        {
            "english": "I AM the Light of the World",
            "greek": "ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου",
            "latin": "Ego sum lux mundi",
            "reference": "John 8:12",
            "verse": "he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.",
            "note": "Spoken at the Feast of Tabernacles, when the great lampstands of the Temple court were lit. He stood up and said: those lights are mine. I am Light itself."
        },
        {
            "english": "I AM the Door",
            "greek": "ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ θύρα",
            "latin": "Ego sum ostium",
            "reference": "John 10:9",
            "verse": "by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.",
            "note": "Not a door. The Door. There is no other entrance into the sheepfold of God. Every other way is the way of a thief."
        },
        {
            "english": "I AM the Good Shepherd",
            "greek": "ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός",
            "latin": "Ego sum pastor bonus",
            "reference": "John 10:11",
            "verse": "the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.",
            "note": "A hireling flees when the wolf comes. The Good Shepherd lays down His own life. He did not send another. He came Himself."
        },
        {
            "english": "I AM the Resurrection and the Life",
            "greek": "ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀνάστασις καὶ ἡ ζωή",
            "latin": "Ego sum resurrectio et vita",
            "reference": "John 11:25",
            "verse": "he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.",
            "note": "Spoken at Lazarus's tomb. Then He proved it — by walking out of His own."
        },
        {
            "english": "I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life",
            "greek": "ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή",
            "latin": "Ego sum via et veritas et vita",
            "reference": "John 14:6",
            "verse": "no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.",
            "note": "One Way among many — false. One of many truths — false. One of many lives — false. He is THE Way, THE Truth, THE Life."
        },
        {
            "english": "I AM the True Vine",
            "greek": "ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀληθινή",
            "latin": "Ego sum vitis vera",
            "reference": "John 15:5",
            "verse": "he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.",
            "note": "Israel was called God's vineyard (Isaiah 5) — and bore wild grapes. Yeshua is the True Vine. Apart from Him: nothing. Abiding in Him: fruit that remains."
        }
    ],
    "beyond": [
        {
            "english": "Before Abraham was, I AM",
            "greek": "πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι ἐγὼ εἰμί",
            "latin": "Antequam Abraham fieret, ego sum",
            "reference": "John 8:58",
            "note": "They picked up stones to kill Him for it. They knew exactly what He had claimed: the very Name spoken from the burning bush in Exodus 3:14. He did not deny it. He doubled it."
        },
        {
            "english": "I AM HE",
            "greek": "ἐγώ εἰμι",
            "latin": "Ego sum",
            "reference": "John 18:5-6",
            "note": "In Gethsemane, when the soldiers came for Him, He asked, \"Whom seek ye?\" They said, \"Jesus of Nazareth.\" He said, \"I AM\" — and they fell backward to the ground. The Name itself is power."
        }
    ],
    "soli_deo_gloria": true
}