John 8:58

Jesus declares, "Before Abraham came into existence, I AM," claiming eternal existence and the divine name. It is one of the clearest assertions of his deity.

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• Exod 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
• Col 1:17He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
• John 17:5Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
• John 1:1–2In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• Isa 44:6This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
• John 17:24Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
• Rev 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
• Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
• Isa 9:6For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Isa 48:12“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last.
• Rev 2:8“To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
• Rev 1:17–18When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
• Heb 1:10–12And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
• Mic 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.
• Isa 43:13Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”
• Isa 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.
• Isa 44:8Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
• Prov 8:22–30“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
• John 8:51Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
• John 8:34Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
• Rev 1:11saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

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