John 8:58

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 3:14 : 14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And he said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.
  • John 17:5 : 5 And now, O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that those also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
  • Col 1:17 : 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Your hands: 11 They shall perish; but You remain; and they all shall grow old as does a garment; 12 And like a garment You shall fold them up, and they shall be changed: but You are the same, and Your years shall not fail.
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to me the one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origins have been from of old, from everlasting.
  • Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last: 18 I am he who lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life;
  • 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 to you, Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.
  • John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 Yes, before the day was, I am He; and there is none who can deliver out of My hand: I will work, and who shall hinder it?
  • Prov 8:22-30 : 22 The LORD possessed me at 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 overflowing with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a boundary upon the face of the depth; 28 When he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep, 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not go beyond his command; when he appointed the foundations of the earth, 30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him,
  • Isa 44:8 : 8 Fear not, nor be afraid: have not I told you from that time, and have declared it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed, there is no other God; 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 Listen to 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 to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.

    52Then the Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keeps my word, he shall never taste death.

    53Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead: whom do you make yourself out to be?

    54Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father who honors me; of whom you say, that he is your God:

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

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

    57Then the Jews said to him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?

  • Exod 3:14-15
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    14And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And he said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.

    15And God said moreover to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.

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

    24I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sins.

    25Then they said to him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

    26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

  • John 8:38-42
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    38I speak what I have seen with my Father: and you do what you have seen with your father.

    39They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

    40But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God: Abraham did not do this.

    41You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

    42Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.

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    8Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he; therefore, if you seek me, let these go their way,

  • John 8:59
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    59Then they picked up stones to throw at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

  • John 8:28
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    28Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.

  • John 18:5-6
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    5They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas, who betrayed him, stood with them.

    6As soon as he said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground.

  • John 4:26
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    26Jesus said to her, I who speak to you am he.

  • John 6:48
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    48I am that bread of life.

  • John 8:14
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    14Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.

  • John 17:5
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    5And now, O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.

  • John 1:30
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    30This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.

  • John 8:33
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    33They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone: how can you say, You shall be made free?

  • Exod 6:2-3
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    2And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am the LORD:

    3And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH I was not known to them.

  • John 1:15
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    15John bore witness of him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.

  • John 13:19
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    19Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am he.

  • Prov 8:23
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    23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was.

  • John 10:7-8
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    7Then Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

    8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

  • Acts 7:32
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    32Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled and did not dare to look.

  • Prov 8:25
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    25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth:

  • John 14:6
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    6Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me.

  • John 9:9
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    9Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

  • John 16:28
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    28I came forth from the Father and have come into the world: again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

  • John 8:18
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    18I am one who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.

  • John 10:30
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    30I and my Father are one.

  • John 8:20-21
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    20These words spoke Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him; for his hour had not yet come.

    21Then Jesus said again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.

  • Mark 14:62
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    62And Jesus said, I am; and you shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

  • Gen 24:34
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    34So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.

  • John 8:12
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    12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • John 7:28
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    28Then Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, You both know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.