Then God said to Moses, “{Tell them,} ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ [20] When you go to the people of Israel, tell them, ‘I AM’ sent me to you.”
John 8:58 - Easy To Read Version Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. Before Abraham {\cf2\super [149]} was born, I AM. {\cf2\super [150]} ” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus replied, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I AM. [Exod. 3:14.] American Standard Version (1901) Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am. Common English Bible “I assure you,” Jesus replied, “before Abraham was, I Am.” Catholic Public Domain Version Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am. |
Then God said to Moses, “{Tell them,} ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ [20] When you go to the people of Israel, tell them, ‘I AM’ sent me to you.”
“I have always been God. When I do something, no person can change what I have done. And no person can save people from my power.”
The Lord is the king of Israel. The Lord All-Powerful saves Israel. The Lord says, “I am the only God. There are no other gods. I am the Beginning and the End.
Don’t be afraid! Don’t worry! I have always told you what will happen. You are my witnesses. There is no other God—I am the only One. There is no other ‘Rock {\cf2\super [392]} ’—I know I am the only One.”
Remember the things that happened long ago. Remember that I am God. There is no other God. Those false gods are not like me.
“Jacob, listen to me!\par Israel, I called you to be my people.\par So listen to me!\par I am the Beginning!\par And I am the End!\par
This will happen when the special child is born. God will give a son to us. This son will be responsible for leading the people. His name will be “Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace.”
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,\par are the smallest town in Judah.\par Your family is almost too small to count.\par But the “Ruler of Israel”\par will come from you for me.\par His beginnings {\cf2\super [60]} are from ancient times,\par from long, long ago.\par
Jesus answered, “I told you already, but you did not believe. I do miracles {\cf2\super [169]} in my Father’s name. Those miracles show who I am.
“Father, I want these people that you have given me to be with me in every place I am. I want them to see my glory. This is the glory you gave me because you loved me before the world was made.
And now, Father, give me glory with you. Give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.
I told you that you would die with your sins. Yes, you will die with your sins, if you don’t believe that I AM. {\cf2\super [133]} ”
So Jesus said to them, “You will lift up (kill) the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [134]} Then you will know that I AM. {\cf2\super [135]} You will know that these things I do are not by my own authority (power). You will know that I say only the things that the Father has taught me.
Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. Every person that sins is a slave. Sin is his master.
I tell you the truth. If a person continues to obey my teaching, then that person will never die.”
Christ was there before anything was made. And all things continue because of him.
The voice said, “Write in a book all these things you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega. {\cf2\super [6]} I am the One who is, who \{always\} was, and who is coming. I am the All-Powerful.”