John 8:56-59 Part 2 of 2

"Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad."  "You are not yet fifty years old," they said to him, "and you have seen Abraham!"  "Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" At this they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.

before Abraham was born
John 1:2  He was with God in the beginning.
John 17:5  "And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began." 
John 17:24  "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world."

I am! 
Exodus 3:14  God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
Exodus 6:2-3  God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD (Yahweh). I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty (El Shaddai), but by my name the LORD I did not make myself fully known to them."

At this, they picked up stones to stone him 
Exodus 17:4  Then Moses cried out to the LORD, "What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me." 
Leviticus 24:16  " '... anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD is to be put to death. The entire assembly must stone them. Whether foreigner or native-born, when they blaspheme the Name they are to be put to death."
John 10:31-32  Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"

but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds 
John 12:36  "Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light." When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.

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