“ Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day , and he saw it and was glad .” So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “ Truly , truly , I say to you, before Abraham was born , I am .” Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple. (John 8:56-59)
There are two questions people, myself included, often ask:
1) Why is the bible so difficult to understand? - I know there are passages that are difficult, but this really is not one of them. Not when you know the context of this passage, which is found in answering the second question.
2) Why didn't Jesus just come out and say who He was, instead of beating around the bush? - And speaking of the bush, the answer is found when God talked to Moses from the burning bush:
Then Moses said to God, “I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “ I AM WHO I AM”, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” (Exodus 3:13-14)
So when Jesus said "I am", He was clearly saying He was God! Notice how the Pharisees reacted to Him in v59?
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