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Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I AM! ”
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Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad.”
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The people said, “You aren’t even fifty years old. How can you say you have seen Abraham? ”
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Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I AM! ”
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At that point they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden from them and left the Temple.
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[a].
Or before Abraham was even born, I have always been alive; Greek reads before Abraham was, I am. See Exod 3:14 .
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