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John 8:58-59
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
John 8:58-59
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”[a] 59 So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.
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- 8.58 The present tense indicates Christ’s eternal existence as God.
John 8:58-59
New International Version
John 8:58-59
New International Version
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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