Ego Imai, Before Abraham I Am, and Divine Omniscience28:12 Shaykh Uthman Ibn FarooqMuslim
“Who else uses ego imai in the New Testament, and does it always signify divine identity?”
Uthman cites multiple New Testament uses of ego imai by non-divine beings. In Luke 1:19, the angel Gabriel says: I am Gabriel, ego imai, who stands before God and I am sent to speak to you. In John 9, the blind man healed by Jesus uses ego imai when asked if he is the man who was healed — I am. Paul uses ego imai. Rabbis use it. In Matthew, a rabbi says I am the rabbi using ego imai. Uthman lists at least six or seven examples of ego imai used by people other than God. If ego imai is a secret divine name from Exodus, then the New Testament is full of gods — Gabriel, the blind man, Paul, rabbis. The form is a common Greek first-person expression meaning I am, not an exclusive divine claim.
20 Christians vs 1 Muslim — Uthman ibn Farooq at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary