John 8:31-58
If <1437> [If.]
my ...... my disciples <1699 3450 3101> [my disciples.]
you will know <1097> [ye shall.]
and ...... truth and ... truth <2532 225> [and the.]
<2070> [We be.]
and have ... been ... slaves <2532 1398> [and were.]
solemn truth <281> [Verily.]
everyone <3956> [Whosoever.]
slave <1401> [the servant.]
son <5207> [but.]
I know <1492> [know.]
But <235> [but.]
that ............ because <3754> [because.]
am telling <2980> [speak.]
Abraham .......... Abraham's .......... Abraham <11> [Abraham.]
If <1487> [If.]
now <3568> [now.]
a man <444> [a man.]
this <5124> [this.]
are doing <4160> [do.]
We were ... born <2249 1080> [We be.]
We have <2192> [we have.]
If <1487> [If.]
for <1063> [for.]
not <3761> [neither.]
you understand <1097> [do.]
don't ............ cannot <3756> [ye cannot.]
<2075> [are.]
and ................. and does ... uphold .......................... and <2532 2476> [and abode.]
Whenever <3752> [When.]
can prove ... guilty <1651> [convinceth.]
<1302> [why.]
replied ..... in saying <3004> [Say.]
you <4771> [thou.]
I am not possessed by <1473 2192 3756> [I have not.]
but <235> [but.]
I am not trying to get ......... demands <1473 2212 3756> [I seek not.]
<2076> [there.]
if <1437> [If.]
obeys <5083> [keep.]
he will ... see <2334> [see.]
Now <3568> [Now.]
Abraham <11> [Abraham.]
he will ... experience <1089> [taste.]
You ... greater than <4771 3187> [thou greater.]
Who <5101> [whom.]
If <1437> [If.]
<2076> [it is.]
you ... say <5210 3004> [ye say.]
you do not know ............... not <1097 3756> [ye have not.]
but ....................... But <1161 235> [but.]
<2071> [shall.]
Yet .................................. and I obey <2532 5083> [and keep.]
overjoyed <21> [rejoiced.]
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.