John 8:58. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
They had asked him, "Whom makest thou thyself?" and now they have his answer: "Before Abraham was, I am," saith Christ. It is the very name by which God revealed himself to Moses at the burning bush, "I AM." Yet Jesus takes this title to himself: "Before Abraham was," - not, "I was;" notice that; but, "I am;" as if his life was one continued present existence, as indeed it is, for with God there is no past or future, but all things are ever-present to his infinite mind. When Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I am," he claimed the Godhead, he declared that he was certainly God, self-existent from all eternity.
John 8:58. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
They had asked him, "Whom makest thou thyself?" and now they have his answer: "Before Abraham was, I am," saith Christ. It is the very name by which God revealed himself to Moses at the burning bush, "I AM." Yet Jesus takes this title to himself: "Before Abraham was," - not, "I was;" notice that; but, "I am;" as if his life was one continued present existence, as indeed it is, for with God there is no past or future, but all things are ever-present to his infinite mind. When Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I am," he claimed the Godhead, he declared that he was certainly God, self-existent from all eternity.