Exodus 3:13-15
name <08034> [What is his name.]
sent <07971> [I AM hath.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
name forever <05769 08034> [this is my name for ever.]
The name here referred to is that which immediately precedes, [yhwh,] <\\See definition 03068\\>,] {Yehowah,} which we translate "Lord", the name by which God had been known from the creation of the world, (Ge 2:2,) and by which he is known to the present day. [yhwh,] {Yehowah,} from [hwh,] {hawah,} to be, subsist, signifies "He who is", or "subsists", i.e., eminently and in a manner superior to all other beings; and is essentially the same with [ahwh,] {eheyeh,} "I AM", in the preceding verse.
memorial <02143> [my memorial.]
Exodus 4:5
believe <0539> [That they.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Psalms 83:18
know <03045> [That men.]
Lord <08034> [whose.]
sovereign <05945> [the most.]
John 8:58
solemn truth <281> [Verily.]
before <4250> [Before.]
That our Lord by this expression asserted his divinity and eternal existence, as the great I AM, appears evident from the use of the present tense, instead of the past tense, from its being in answer to the Jews, who enquired whether he had seen Abraham, and from its being thus understood by the multitude, who were exasperated at it to such a degree that they took up stones to stone him. The ancient Jews not only believed that the Messiah was superior to and Lord of all the patriarchs, and even of angels, but that his celestial nature existed with God from whom it emanated, before the creation, and that the creation was effected by his ministry.
