John 8:58

American Standard Version (1901)

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

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  • Exod 3:14 : 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
  • John 17:5 : 5 And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. [
  • Col 1:17 : 17 and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and to-day, [yea] and for ever.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, [ from everlasting.
  • Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last, 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived [again] :
  • John 1:1-2 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God.
  • John 8:34 : 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.
  • John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
  • Prov 8:22-30 : 22 Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. 27 When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, 28 When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, 29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; 30 Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him,
  • Isa 44:8 : 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.
  • Isa 46:9 : 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me;
  • Isa 48:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

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  • John 8:51-57
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    51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.

    52The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

    53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?

    54Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;

    55and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.

    56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.

    57The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

  • Exod 3:14-15
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    14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

    15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

  • John 8:23-26
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    23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.

    25They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.

    26I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.

  • John 8:38-42
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    38I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father.

    39They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

    40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

    41Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

    42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

  • 8Jesus answered, I told you that I am [he] ; if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

  • 59They took up stones therefore to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

  • 28Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things. [

  • John 18:5-6
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    5They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am [he] . And Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

    6When therefore he said unto them, I am [he], they went backward, and fell to the ground.

  • 26Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am [he] .

  • 48I am the bread of life.

  • 14Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.

  • 5And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

  • 30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.

  • 33They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

  • Exod 6:2-3
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    2And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am Jehovah:

    3and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them.

  • 15John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.

  • 19From henceforth I tell you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he] .

  • 23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

  • John 10:7-8
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    69%

    7Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

    8All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

  • 32I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

  • 25Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

  • 6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  • 9Others said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am [he] .

  • 28I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.

  • 18I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

  • 30I and the Father are one.

  • John 8:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.

    21He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.

  • 62And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

  • 17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

  • 34And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

  • 12Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • 28Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.