John 8:58

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

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  • Exod 3:14 : 14 God said to Moses,“I AM that I AM.” And he said,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  • John 17:5 : 5 And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.
  • John 17:24 : 24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
  • Col 1:17 : 17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 The Absurdity of Idolatry This is what the LORD, Israel’s king, says, their protector, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:“I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands. 11 They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment, 12 and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 A King Will Come and a Remnant Will Prosper(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
  • Rev 1:17-18 : 17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said:“Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, 18 and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive– forever and ever– and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 To the Church in Smyrna“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but came to life:
  • John 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ The Prologue to the Gospel In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. 2 The Word was with God in the beginning.
  • John 8:34 : 34 Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.
  • John 8:51 : 51 I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.”
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God– the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come– the All-Powerful!
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 saying:“Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches– to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”
  • Prov 8:22-30 : 22 The LORD created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago. 23 From eternity I have been fashioned, from the beginning, from before the world existed. 24 When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water; 25 before the mountains were set in place– before the hills– I was born, 26 before he made the earth and its fields, or the top soil of the world. 27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep, 28 when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep, 29 when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, 30 then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,
  • Isa 44:8 : 8 Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.
  • Isa 46:9 : 9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and there is none like me,
  • Isa 48:12 : 12 Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.

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  • John 8:51-57
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    51I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.”

    52Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’

    53You aren’t greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?”

    54Jesus replied,“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say,‘He is our God.’

    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

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

    57Then the Judeans replied,“You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”

  • Exod 3:14-15
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    14God said to Moses,“I AM that I AM.” And he said,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

    15God also said to Moses,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘The LORD– the 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 from generation to generation.’

  • John 8:23-26
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    23Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

    24Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

    25So they said to him,“Who are you?” Jesus replied,“What I have told you from the beginning.

    26I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”

  • John 8:38-42
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    38I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!”

    39They answered him,“Abraham is our father!” Jesus replied,“If you are Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.

    40But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

    41You people are doing the deeds of your father.”Then they said to Jesus,“We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself.”

    42Jesus replied,“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.

  • John 18:8
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    8Jesus replied,“I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.”

  • John 8:59
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    59Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden from them and went out from the temple area.

  • John 8:28
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    28Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

  • John 18:5-6
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    5They replied,“Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them,“I am he.”(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)

    6So when Jesus said to them,“I am he,” they retreated and fell to the ground.

  • John 4:26
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    26Jesus said to her,“I, the one speaking to you, am he.”

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

  • John 8:14
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    14Jesus answered,“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

  • John 17:5
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    5And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

  • John 1:30
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    30This is the one about whom I said,‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’

  • John 8:33
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    33“We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied,“and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say,‘You will become free’?”

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

    3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name‘the LORD’ I was not known to them.

  • John 1:15
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    15John testified about him and shouted out,“This one was the one about whom I said,‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’”

  • John 13:19
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    19I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

  • Prov 8:23
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    23From eternity I have been fashioned, from the beginning, from before the world existed.

  • John 10:7-8
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    7So Jesus said again,“I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

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

  • Acts 7:32
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    32‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.

  • Prov 8:25
    69%

    25before the mountains were set in place– before the hills– I was born,

  • John 14:6
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    6Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

  • John 9:9
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    9Some people said,“This is the man!” while others said,“No, but he looks like him.” The man himself kept insisting,“I am the one!”

  • John 16:28
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    28I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

  • John 8:18
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    18I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

  • John 10:30
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    30The Father and I are one.”

  • John 8:20-21
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    20(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

    21Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going Then Jesus said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”

  • Mark 14:62
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    62“I am,” said Jesus,“and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

  • John 5:17
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    17So he told them,“My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”

  • Gen 24:34
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    34“I am the servant of Abraham,” he began.

  • John 8:12
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    12Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  • John 7:28
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    28Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out,“You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,