Friday, December 19, 2025

Examples of εγω ειμι as an ordinary idiom of common Greek outside the New Testament

  

Apocalypse of Moses 17:2

 

And bending over the wall, I saw him like an angel. And he says to me: “Are you eve?” And I said to him: “I am” (εγω ειμι). “What are you doing in paradise?”

 

2 Sam 2:20 (LXX)

 

And Abner looked over to his behind and said, “Is it you, Asahel?” And he said, “I am” (εγω ειμι).

 

Testament of Job 29:4

 

And I, having wept, sprinkling upon my head and shaking it, declared to them: “I am” (εγω ειμι).

 

Testament of Job 31:6

 

And I answered and said to him: “I am” (εγω ειμι).

 

 

Apocalypse of Abraham 8:3

 

And he said, “You are searching for the God of gods, the Creator, in the understanding of your heart. I am He (εγω ειμι).

 

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