58 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”(A)

59 So they picked up stones(B) to throw at him.(C) But Jesus was hidden[a](D) and went out of the temple.[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:59 Or Jesus hid himself
  2. 8:59 Other mss add and having gone through their midst, he passed by

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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