John 8:48-59

Jesus Claims Pre-existence: Before Abraham, I Am

John 8:48-59
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The Judeans answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying you are from Shomron and have a demon?”
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Yeshua replied, “Me? I have no demon. I am honoring my Father. But you dishonor me.
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I am not seeking praise for myself. There is One who is seeking it, and he is the judge.
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Yes, indeed! I tell you that whoever obeys my teaching will never see death.”
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The Judeans said to him, “Now we know for sure that you have a demon! Avraham died, and so did the prophets; yet you say, ‘Whoever obeys my teaching will never taste death.’
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Avraham avinu died; you aren’t greater than he, are you? And the prophets also died. Who do you think you are?”
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Yeshua answered, “If I praise myself, my praise counts for nothing. The One who is praising me is my Father, the very one about whom you keep saying, ‘He is our God.’
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Now you have not known him, but I do know him; indeed, if I were to say that I don’t know him, I would be a liar like you! But I do know him, and I obey his word.
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Avraham, your father, was glad that he would see my day; then he saw it and was overjoyed.”
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“Why, you’re not yet fifty years old,” the Judeans replied, “and you have seen Avraham?”
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Yeshua said to them, “Yes, indeed! Before Avraham came into being, I AM!”
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At this, they picked up stones to throw at him; but Yeshua was hidden and left the Temple grounds.
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