John 8:54-59

54 Jesus answered, "¹If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; ²it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, 'He is our God ';

55 and ³you have not come to know Him, ⁴but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be ⁵a liar like you, ⁶but I do know Him and ⁷keep His word.

56 "⁸Your father Abraham ⁹rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."

57 ¹⁰So the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?"

58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, ¹¹I am."

59 Therefore they ¹²picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus ¹³hid Himself and went out of the temple.

Cross References

• 1. John 8:50
• 2. John 7:39
• 3. John 8:19; John 15:21
• 4. John 7:29
• 5. John 8:44
• 6. John 7:29
• 7. John 8:51; John 15:10
• 8. John 8:37, 39
• 9. Matthew 13:17; Hebrews 11:13
• 10. John 1:19
• 11. Exodus 3:14; John 1:1; John 17:5, 24
• 12. Matthew 12:14; John 10:31; John 11:8
• 13. John 12:36

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "in order that he might see"
• [b]. Lit "came into being"
• [c]. Lit "was hidden"