John 8:57-59
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Before Abraham Was, I Am. Hearing This, They Picked Up Stones To Kill Jesus
57 So the Jews said to Him, “You do not yet have fifty years, and You have seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you— before Abraham came-into-being[a], I am[b]”. 59 Therefore they picked up stones in order that they might throw them at Him. But Jesus was hidden[c], and went out of the temple.
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- John 8:58 Or, came-to-be, and in this sense ‘was’ or ‘was born’.
- John 8:58 Jesus is claiming to preexist Abraham, and therefore unlike v 24 and 28, His meaning is clear to them: He is claiming to be God, as in Ex 3:14; Isa 41:4; 43:10; 48:12, etc.
- John 8:59 That is, was hidden from them amidst the crowds as He went out of the temple. They could not find Him to stone Him. Or, hid Himself.
John 8:57-59
New International Version
57 “You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”
58 “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born,(A) I am!”(B) 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him,(C) but Jesus hid himself,(D) slipping away from the temple grounds.
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