57 So the Jews said to him, “You are[a] not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am!” 59 Then they picked up stones in order to throw them[b] at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple courts.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:57 Literally “you have”
  2. John 8:59 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. John 8:59 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself

57 “You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”

58 “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born,(A) I am!”(B) 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him,(C) but Jesus hid himself,(D) slipping away from the temple grounds.

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