Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to them,
King James Version
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Holman Bible
Jesus said to them,
International Standard Version
Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, before there was an Abraham, I AM!"
A Conservative Version
Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am.
American Standard Version
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.
Amplified
Jesus replied,
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;'
Themes
Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence
I am's of Christ » The eternal one
Jesus Christ » Preexistence of
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ existing before all things
Jesus Christ » Names of » I am
Knowledge » God the father and jesus Christ knowing each other
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about John 8:58
References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:58
Prayers for John 8:58
Questions on John 8:58
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus And Abraham
57
So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"
58 Jesus said to them,
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 3:14
God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you 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, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: "I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.
Micah 5:2
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
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
"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
Isaiah 43:13
Also henceforth I am he; there is none who can deliver from my hand; I work, and who can turn it back?"
Isaiah 44:8
Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I know not any."
Isaiah 46:9
remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isaiah 48:12
"Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last.
John 8:34
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
John 8:51
Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."
Colossians 1:17
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Hebrews 1:10-12
And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands;
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Revelation 1:8
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
Revelation 1:11
saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
Revelation 1:17-18
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,
Revelation 2:8
"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.