Text -- John 8:58 (NET)

8:58 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Joh 8:58

¹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

² tn Grk “before Abraham was.”

³ sn I am! is an explicit claim to deity. Although each occurrence of the phrase “I am” in the Fourth Gospel needs to be examined individually in context to see if an association with Exod 3:14 is present, it seems clear that this is the case here (as the response of the Jewish authorities in the following verse shows).