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According to the Hebrew Bible, in the encounter of the burning bush (Exodus 3:14), Moses asks what he is to say to the Israelites when they ask what gods have sent him to them, and YHWH replies, "I am who I am", adding, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you. ' " [4] Despite this exchange, the Israelites are never written to have asked Moses for the name of God. [13]
It is connected to the passage in Exodus 3:14 in which God gives his name as אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה , Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, translated most basically as "I am that I am" or "I shall be what I am". In the Hebrew Bible (Exodus 3:14), it is the personal name of God, revealed directly to Moses. [1]
This is the only time in the four canonical gospels that Jesus is addressed as God. [3] Suetonius records that the Roman emperor Domitian (AD 81–96) wished to be addressed as dominus et deus noster, "our Lord and God", [4] so the statement in this verse 'may on a secondary level be designed to counter Roman emperor worship'. [5]
The formulation of this verse is known as the Imitatio Dei; a similar verse appears in Luke 6:36. The verse might be modeled on Leviticus 19 :2, which says in the King James Version: "Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, You shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy."
Verse 4 is part of the opening paragraph of Uva letzion. [16] [17] Verse 12 is recited during Selichot. [16] Verse 26 is found in the repetition of the Amidah in the Rosh Hashanah morning service. [18] Verse 29 is a part of the Song of the Sea, which is recited during Pesukei dezimra in the morning prayer.
Matthew 4:24 is the twenty-fourth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.This verse is part of a brief summary of and introduction to Jesus' ministry in Galilee, which will be recounted in the next several chapters.
Ulrich Luz notes that the idea of the gates of heaven was in existence at the time of Jesus, and this verse may be a reference to that notion. [3] The metaphor of God providing two ways, one good and one evil, was a common one in the Jewish literature of the period. It appears in the Old Testament in Deuteronomy 30:19 and Jeremiah 21:8.
The phrase is in the Bible on the coat of arms of the Dominican Republic used since 1913. The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, commonly uses the phrase, [6] [7] [8] which was his motto at the 2018 presidential election. After the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard verdict on June 1, 2022, Bolsonaro tweeted the verse. [9] [10]