56 (A)Your father Abraham was (B)overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.” 57 (C)So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham [a]was born, [b](D)I am.” 59 Therefore they (E)picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus (F)hid Himself and left the temple grounds.

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:58 Lit came into being
  2. John 8:58 Or I AM; Jesus may be referring to Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM

56 Your father Abraham(A) rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it(B) and was glad.”

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,(C) I am!”(D) 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him,(E) but Jesus hid himself,(F) slipping away from the temple grounds.

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30 (A)I and the Father are [a]one.”

31 The Jews (B)picked up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus replied to them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, “We are not stoning You for a good work, but for (C)blasphemy; and because You, being a man, (D)make Yourself out to be God.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 10:30 Or a unity; or one essence

30 I and the Father are one.”(A)

31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,(B) 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”

33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”(C)

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