For the future I shall tell you of things before they take place, so that, when they take place, you may believe that I am what I am.
And asked--" Are you 'The Coming One,' or are we to look for someone else?"
Remember, I have told you beforehand.
Then will be your opportunity of witnessing for me.
(John bears witness to him; he cried aloud--for it was he who spoke--"'He who is Coming' after me is now before me, for he was ever first");
And this I have told you now before it happens, that, when it does happen, you may still believe in me.
But I have spoken to you of these things that, when the time for them comes, you may remember that I told you about them myself.
"I am he," Jesus said to her, "I who am speaking to you."
So Jesus added: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.
"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "before Abraham existed I was."