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John 8:58

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8:58 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, 1  before Abraham came into existence, 2  I am!” 3 
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[8:58]  1 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[8:58]  2 tn Grk “before Abraham was.”

[8:58]  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).



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