Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am.

New American Standard Bible

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

King James Version

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Holman Bible

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Before Abraham was, I am.”

International Standard Version

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, before there was an Abraham, I AM!"

American Standard Version

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

Amplified

Jesus replied, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, before Abraham was born, I Am.”

An Understandable Version

Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham was born, I am." [Note: The words "I am" were probably construed as a reference to being Deity. See Ex. 3:14].

Anderson New Testament

Jesus said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, before Abraham came into being, I was.

Bible in Basic English

Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

Common New Testament

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."

Daniel Mace New Testament

Jesus said to them, verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was I AM.

Darby Translation

Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Godbey New Testament

Jesus said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Goodspeed New Testament

Jesus said to them, "I tell you, I existed before Abraham was born!"

John Wesley New Testament

Jesus said to them, Verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am.

Julia Smith Translation

And Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

King James 2000

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am!"

Modern King James verseion

Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I AM!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily I say unto you: Yer Abraham was, I am."

Moffatt New Testament

"Truly, truly I tell you," said Jesus, "I have existed before Abraham was born."

Montgomery New Testament

"In solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that before Abraham came into existence, I am."

NET Bible

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!"

New Heart English Bible

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."

Noyes New Testament

Jesus said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, From before Abraham was, I have been.

Sawyer New Testament

Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, that before Abraham existed, I am.

The Emphasized Bible

Jesus said unto them - Verily, verily, I say unto you: Before, Abraham, came into existence, I, am.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Jesus said unto them, Before Abraham had a being, I Am.

Twentieth Century New Testament

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "before Abraham existed I was."

Webster

Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Weymouth New Testament

"In most solemn truth," answered Jesus, "I tell you that before Abraham came into existence, I am."

Williams New Testament

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, I existed before Abraham was born."

World English Bible

Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."

Worrell New Testament

Jesus said to them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham existed, I am."

Worsley New Testament

Jesus said unto them, Before Abraham was, I am.

Youngs Literal Translation

Jesus said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824


Usage: 0

ἀμήν 
amen 
Usage: 48

ἀμήν 
amen 
Usage: 48

I say
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

πρίν 
Prin 
Usage: 7

G11
Ἀβραάμ 
Abraam 
Usage: 54

was
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 8:58

References

Fausets

Hastings

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Prayers for John 8:58

Context Readings

Jesus And Abraham

57 The Jews therefore said to him, Thou have not yet fifty years, and thou have seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am. 59 Therefore they took up stones so that they might throw at him, but Jesus was hid, and went out of the temple, having passed through the midst of them, and thus passed on.

Cross References

Exodus 3:14

And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And he said, Thus shall thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.

John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory that I had with thee before the world was.

John 17:24

Father, whom thou gave to me, I desire that where I am, they also may be with me, so that they may see my glory that thou have given me, because thou loved me before the foundation of the world.

Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 44:6

Thus says LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, LORD of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.

Micah 5:2

But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah, which are little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee he shall come forth to me who is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

John 1:1-2

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Proverbs 8:22-30

LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

Isaiah 43:13

Yea, since the day was I am he, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?

Isaiah 44:8

Fear ye not, nor be afraid. Have I not declared to thee of old, and shown it? And ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Yea, there is no Rock. I know not any.

Isaiah 46:9

Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is none else. [I am] God, and there is none like me,

Isaiah 48:12

Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I also am the last.

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, that every man who does the sin is a bondman of the sin.

John 8:51

Truly, truly, I say to you, if any man keeps my word, he will, no, not see death, into the age.

Colossians 1:17

And he is before all, and in him all things hold together.

Hebrews 1:10-12

And thou, Lord, at the beginnings founded the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today, and into the ages.

Revelation 1:8

I am the Alpha and the Omega, says Lord, the God who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.

Revelation 1:11

saying, What thou see, write in a book and send to the seven congregations: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

Revelation 1:17-18

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not, I am the first and the last,

Revelation 2:8

And to the agent of the congregation in Smyrna write, These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:

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