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56 Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad.”

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

58 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I am![b]

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Footnotes

  1. 8:57 Some manuscripts read How can you say Abraham has seen you?
  2. 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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