Joh 8:58 | PNT | STEP | Before Abraham was, I am . A solemn and official declaration, preceded by "Verily, verily" ( see PNT ). The utterance is a remarkable one. It does not merely assert that he was before Abraham, but before Abraham was, I AM. It identifies with the I AM of the Old Testament. Divinity has no past tense, no future tense, but always the present.

John 8:58

Before Abraham was, I am. A solemn and official declaration, preceded by "Verily, verily" (see PNT Joh 3:3). The utterance is a remarkable one. It does not merely assert that he was before Abraham, but before Abraham was, I AM. It identifies with the I AM of the Old Testament. Divinity has no past tense, no future tense, but always the present.