John 8:58

John 8:58

56 Your father Abraham ^arejoiced to see My day, ^band he saw it and was glad.”

57 Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

58 Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^abefore Abraham was, ^bI AM.”

59 Then ^athey took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, ^bgoing through the midst of them, and so passed by.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Before Abraham was (prin Abraam genesqai). Usual idiom with prin in positive sentence with infinitive (second aorist middle of ginomai) and the accusative of general reference, "before coming as to Abraham," "before Abraham came into existence or was born."

I am (egw eimi). Undoubtedly here Jesus claims eternal existence with the absolute phrase used of God. The contrast between genesqai (entrance into existence of Abraham) and eimi (timeless being) is complete. See the same contrast between en in John 1:1 and egeneto in John 1:14. See the contrast also in Psalms 90:2 between God (ei, art) and the mountains (genhqhnai). See the same use of eimi in John 6:20; John 9:9; John 8:24, John 8:28; John 18:6.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 8:58:**

John 1:1
John 7:6
John 8:24
John 10:1
John 13:19
John 18:6
Colossians 1:17

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