John 8:56-58
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
56 Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it[a] and was glad.(A) 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?”[b] 58 [c]Jesus said to them,(B) “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.”
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- 8:56 He saw it: this seems a reference to the birth of Isaac (Gn 17:7; 21:6), the beginning of the fulfillment of promises about Abraham’s seed.
- 8:57 The evidence of the third-century Bodmer Papyrus P75 and the first hand of Codex Sinaiticus indicates that the text originally read: “How can Abraham have seen you?”
- 8:58 Came to be, I AM: the Greek word used for “came to be” is the one used of all creation in the prologue, while the word used for “am” is the one reserved for the Logos.
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