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

John 8:58 · KJV

“Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”

— John 8:58

Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

John 8 — Context

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw {it}, and was glad.

Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

Cross References

Exodus 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.

Colossians 1:17

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

John 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.

John 1:1-2

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Isaiah 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.

John 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.

Revelation 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.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.