Parallel Verses
Sawyer New Testament
Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, that before Abraham existed, I am.
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.
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
Watsons
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 Then the Jews said to him, You have not yet fifty years, and have you seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, that before Abraham existed, I am. 59 Then they took up stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.
Phrases
Cross References
John 17:5
And now glorify thou me, Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
John 17:24
Father, what thou hast given me, I will that they should be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world;
John 1:1-2
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 8:34
Jesus answered them, I tell you most truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin.
John 8:51
I tell you most truly, if any one shall keep my word he shall never see death.
Colossians 1:17
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist,
Hebrews 1:10-12
And thou, Lord, in the beginning didst build from its foundations the earth, and the heavens are works of thy hands;
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever.
Revelation 1:8
I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God; the Is, and the Was, and the Is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:11
saying, What you see write in a book, and send to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamus 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 put 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, These things says the first and the last, who was dead and lived,