John 8:57-59

New Living Translation

⁵⁷The people said, “You aren’t even fifty years old. How can you say you have seen Abraham?^[a]”

⁵⁸Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I am!^[b]” ⁵⁹At that point they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden from them and left the Temple.

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Footnotes

8:57 Some manuscripts read How can you say Abraham has seen you?
8:58 Or before Abraham was even born, I have always been alive; Greek reads before Abraham was, I am. See Exod 3:14.

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