John 8:58
Iesus sayd vnto them: Verely verely I saye vnto you: yer Abraham was I am.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
In Context
57Then sayde the Iewes vnto him: thou arte not yet.l. yere olde and hast thou sene Abraham?
59Then toke they vp stones to caste at him. But Iesus hid him selfe and went out of ye temple.
Cross References
John 8:34Iesus answered them: verely verely I saye vnto you that whosoever committeth synne is the servaunt of synne.
Matthew Henry on John 8:52-59
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye… Read the whole commentary →