BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM JOHN 8:48-59
They asked Jesus, “Were we not right in saying
that you are a Samaritan and have a demon in you?”
“I have no demon,” Jesus answered. “I honour my
Father, but you dishonor me. I am not
seeking honour for myself. But there is one who is seeking it and who judges in
my favour. I am telling you the truth: whoever obeys my teaching will never
die.”
They said to him, “Now we are certain that you
have a demon! Abraham died, and the prophets died, yet you say that whoever
obeys your teaching will never die. Our father Abraham died; you do not claim
to be greater than Abraham, do you? And the prophets also died. “Who do you
think you are?”
Jesus answered, “If I were to honour myself,
that honour would be worth nothing. The one who honours me is my Father – the
very one you say is your God. You have never known him, but I know him. If I
were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know
him, and I obey his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see the
time of my coming, he saw it and was glad.”
They said to him, “You are not even fifty years
old – and you have seen Abraham?”
“I am telling you the truth,” Jesus replied. “Before
Abraham was born, ‘I Am.”
Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but
Jesus hid himself and left the Temple.
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