Exodus 3:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. ”

Exodus 3:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am that I am - That is, “I am what I am.” The words express absolute, and therefore unchanging and eternal Being. The name, which Moses was thus commissioned to use, was at once new and old; ol...
Exodus 3:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And God said unto Moses, I (n) AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. (n) The God who has always been, am, and shall be: the God almi...
Exodus 3:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 2:23 to Exodus 3:15 . The Call of Moses ( first account ). Exodus 2:23 a , J, Exodus 2:23 b - Exodus 2:25 P, Exodus 3:1 E, Exodus 3:2-4 a, J, Exodus 3:4 b , E, Exodus...
Exodus 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

God ['Elohim] said. This expression occurs twice in Exodus, only here in Exodus 3:14 and Exodus 3:15 . I AM THAT. AM. Hebrew. 'ehyeh asher 'ehyeh. I will be what. will be (or become). App-4...
Exodus 3:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. I am that I am. The verb in the Hebrew is in the future tense, “I will be what I will be;” but it is of the same force as the present, except that it designates the perpetual duration of...
Exodus 3:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 65 THE SELF-EXISTENCE AND IMMUTABILITY OF GOD Exodus 3:14 . And God said unto Moses , I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel , I AM hath sent m...
Exodus 3:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. I am that I am - אהיה אשר אהיה Eheyeh asher Eheyeh. These words have...
Exodus 3:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God said unto Moses I AM THAT I AM:— It is very reasonable to suppose, that the answer to the question of Moses, should contain such an appellation, name, or account of God, as was applicable to th...
Exodus 3:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; I have surely seen the...
Exodus 3:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Call of Moses and his Commission to be the Deliverer of Israel 1. Horeb] The names Horeb and Sinai seem to be synonymous, though it has been suggested that Horeb is the name given to the entir...
Exodus 3:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I AM THAT I AM. — It is generally assumed that this is given to Moses as the full name of God. But perhaps it is rather a deep and mysterious statement of His nature. “I am that which I am.” My nat...
Exodus 3:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

A NEW NAME. Exodus 3:14 . Exodus 6:2-3 . "God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you." We cannot certainly te...
Exodus 3:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Moses Sent to Deliver Israel Exodus 3:13-22 How unlike this Moses was to the man who, forty years before, had acted with such impulsive haste, Acts 7:23 . He had learned much since then, and m...
Exodus 3:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At last the actual call of God came to Moses. It found him fulfilling a daily duty, keeping the sheep of his father-in-law. There can be no doubt that in the silent solitudes of the wilderness he had...
Exodus 3:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! pause over this account the Lord gives of himself. A self-existent, self-sufficient, eternal and unchangeable Jehovah; the same yesterday, and today, and forever. How delightful the thought,...
Exodus 3:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And God said unto Moses, I am that I am ,.... This signifies the real being of God, his self-existence, and that he is the Being of beings; as also it denotes his eternity and immutability, and his...
Exodus 3:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. Ver. 14. I AM THAT I AM. ] Heb., I will be that I will be. The...
Exodus 3:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God said Two names God would be known by: 1st, A name that speaks what he is in himself, I AM THAT I AM. The Septuagint renders the words ειμι ο ων, I AM the existing Being , or HE WHO IS; and the...
Exodus 3:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BURNING BUSH: MOSES CALLED TO EGYPT In tending Jethro's sheep Moses came to Mount Horeb, called "the mountain of God," because it signified Israel's relationship with God as under law. It is a...
Exodus 3:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Instructions Given to Moses. B. C. 1491. 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that...
Exodus 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am that I am; a most comprehensive and significant name, and most proper for the present occasion, It notes, 1. The reality of his being; whereas idols are nothings , 1 Corinthians 8:4 , al...
Exodus 3:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Reveals Himself as Yahweh, the God of their Fathers With the Promise of Deliverance ( Exodus 3:6-15 ). a Yahweh declares that He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ( Exodus 3:6 a). b M...
Exodus 3:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ILLUSTRATIONS Exodus 3:14 . Tully relateth how Simonides, being asked by Hiero, the king of Sicily, what God was, desired one day to consider of it; and after one day being past, having not yet...
Exodus 3:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 3:1-14 This narrative is a chain of glorious wonders. We see here I. An old man called to go out on the great errand of his life. The education of Moses for the great mission of his life l...
Exodus 3:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This chapter tells of the appearance of God to Moses in the Wilderness. Has he removed from us brethren? He used to be seen by godly souls by mount and stream and sea; and even bushes were alive and...
Exodus 3:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 3:1 . Horeb and Sinai are the same mountain, almost surrounded by two branches of the Red sea. But it has two summits, Sinai on the east, and Horeb on the west. Justinian built a monastery...
Exodus 3:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

I AM hath sent me unto you. Immutable authority I. Moses on entering upon a great mission naturally inquires the conditions upon which he proceeds. II. In the revelation made to Moses, “I AM...
Exodus 3:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

THE CALL AND MISSION OF MOSES. EXPOSITION Exodus 3:1-2 THE MISSION OF MOSES . After forty years of monotonous pastoral life, affording abundant opportunity for meditation, and fo...
Exodus 3:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Emphatic Commission
Exodus 3:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I AM hath. Exodus 6:3 Job 11:7 Psalms 68:4 Psalms 90:2 Isaiah 44:6 Matthew 18:20 Matthew 28:20 John 8:58 2 Corinthians 1:20 Hebrews 13:8 Revelation 1:4 Revelation 1:8 Revelat...
Exodus 3:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Faith as Exemplified in Moses Selections from Exodus 3:1-22 ; Exodus 6:1-30 ; Exodus 7:1-25 ; Exodus 8:1-32 ; Exodus 14:1-31 ; Exodus 15:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Children of Israe...
Exodus 3:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And God said — Two names God would now be known by. A name that speaks what he is in himself, I am that I am — This explains his name Jehovah, and signifies, 1st, That he is self — existent; he has...

Exodus 3:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 3:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Exodus 3:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 3:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 3:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 3:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 3:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 3:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 3:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 3:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 3:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 3:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 3:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 3:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 3:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 3:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 3:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 3:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes