John 8:58

World English Bible (2000)

Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."

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  • Exod 3:14 : 14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
  • John 17:5 : 5 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
  • Col 1:17 : 17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: "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 on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands. 11 They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does. 12 As a mantle, you will roll them up, and they will be changed; but you are the same. Your years will not fail."
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
  • Rev 1:17-18 : 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last, 18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 "To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
  • 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, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
  • John 8:51 : 51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 saying, "What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?"
  • Prov 8:22-30 : 22 "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was 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 on the surface of the deep, 28 when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong, 29 when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth; 30 then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,
  • Isa 44:8 : 8 Don't fear, neither be afraid. Haven't I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don't know any other Rock."
  • 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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    51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."

    52 Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.'

    53 Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"

    54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.

    55 You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

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

    57 The Jews therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"

  • Exod 3:14-15
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    14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

    15 God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, 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 to all generations.

  • John 8:23-26
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    23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

    24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

    25 They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

    26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."

  • John 8:38-42
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    38 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father."

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

    40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn't do this.

    41 You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."

    42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.

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    8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"

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    59 Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the midst of them, and so passed by.

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

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

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

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    26 Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you."

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    48 I am the bread of life.

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    14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

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    5 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

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

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    33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"

  • Exod 6:2-3
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    2 God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;

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

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    15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"

  • John 13:19
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    19 From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.

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

  • John 10:7-8
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    7 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.

    8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.

  • Acts 7:32
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    32 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.

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

  • John 14:6
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    6 Jesus 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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    9 Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks like him." He said, "I am he."

  • John 16:28
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    28 I came out 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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    18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

  • John 10:30
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    30 I and the Father are one."

  • John 8:20-21
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    20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

    21 Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."

  • Mark 14:62
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    62 Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."

  • John 5:17
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    17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."

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

  • John 8:12
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    12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

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    28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.