The seven “I am” sayings

In the Gospel of John, Jesus says seven times who he is, each time with an image: the bread, the light, the door, the good shepherd, the resurrection, the way and the vine. Most of these images come from everyday life in his day: bread on the table, a lamp in the dark, a sheepfold, a vineyard.

Many readers hear in that “I am” the name by which God made himself known to Moses (Exodus 3:14). The sayings appear here in the order in which they occur in the Gospel.