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Jhn 8:58 — Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Verily		Jhn 8:34,51
Before		Jhn 1:1,2; Jhn 17:5,24; Pro 8:22-30; Isa 9:6; Mic 5:2; Col 1:17; Hbr 1:10-12; Hbr 13:8; Rev 1:11,17,18; Rev 2:8
I am		That our LORD by this expression asserted his divinity and eternal existence, as the great I AM, appears evident from the use of the present tense, instead of the past tense, from its being in answer to the Jews, who enquired whether he had seen Abraham, and from its being thus understood by the multitude, who were exasperated at it to such a degree that they took up stones to stone him. The ancient Jews not only believed that the Messiah was superior to and LORD of all the patriarchs, and even of angels, but that his celestial nature existed with God from whom it emanated, before the creation, and that the creation was effected by his ministry. Exd 3:14; Isa 43:13; Isa 44:6,8; Isa 46:9; Isa 48:12; Rev 1:8

Correlating Passages

Verily

	Jhn 8:34	Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
	Jhn 8:51	Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

Before

	Jhn 1:1	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
	Jhn 1:2	The same was in the beginning with God.
	Jhn 17:5	And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
	Jhn 17:24	Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
	Pro 8:22	The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
	Pro 8:23	I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
	Pro 8:24	When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.
	Pro 8:25	Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
	Pro 8:26	While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
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	Isa 9:6	For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
	Mic 5:2	But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.
	Col 1:17	And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
	Hbr 1:10	And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
	Hbr 1:11	They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
	Hbr 1:12	And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
	Hbr 13:8	Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
	Rev 1:11	Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
	Rev 1:17	And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
	Rev 1:18	I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
	Rev 2:8	And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

I am

	Exd 3:14	And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
	Isa 43:13	Yea, before the day [was] I [am] he; and [there is] none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
	Isa 44:6	Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and beside me [there is] no God.
	Isa 44:8	Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared [it]? ye [are] even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, [there is] no God; I know not [any].
	Isa 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,
	Isa 48:12	Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.
	Rev 1:8	I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

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Scott, Thomas. "John 8:58," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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