Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking with you.”
Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was the Messiah. The First Prediction of the Passion.
[Or] am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?’
For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.” Herod’s Desire to Kill Jesus.
From now on I am telling you before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.
That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.”
So Jesus said [to them], “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me.