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57 The Jews then said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”[a] 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”[b] 59 So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:57 Other ancient authorities read has Abraham seen you?
  2. 8.58 The present tense indicates Christ’s eternal existence as God.

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