A SIGNIFICANT FEATURE OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL IS a series of sayings in which Jesus uses an emphatic “I AM” to bring out important teachings about his person. In Greek, of course, the personal subject of the verb is not normally expressed: the form of the verb makes clear what the subject is. But if it is desired to emphasize the subject, then the appropriate pronoun may be used. What makes this so important in John is that we find a similar usage in the Greek translation