Brusting Wulfe
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NET, John 8:58 - Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!"
Footnote for "I am" -
"I am! is an explicit claim to deity. Although each occurrence of the phrase "I am" in the Fourth Gospel needs to be examined individually in context to see if an association with Exod 3:14 is present, it seems clear that this is the case here (as the response of the Jewish authorities in the following verse shows)."
Do you agree that "I am" is an explicit claim to deity?
Footnote for "I am" -
"I am! is an explicit claim to deity. Although each occurrence of the phrase "I am" in the Fourth Gospel needs to be examined individually in context to see if an association with Exod 3:14 is present, it seems clear that this is the case here (as the response of the Jewish authorities in the following verse shows)."
Do you agree that "I am" is an explicit claim to deity?