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John 8:54-58 NWT
54 Jesus answered: "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifies me, he who you say is your God; 55 and yet you have not known him. But I know him. And if I said I do not know him I should be like you, a liar. But I do know him and am observing his word. 56 Abraham your father rejoiced greatly in the prospect of seeing my day, and he saw it and rejoiced." [Hebrews 11:13] 57 Therefore the Jews said to him: "You are not yet fifty years old, and still you have seen Abraham?" 58 Jesus said to them: "Most truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into existence, I have been."

John 8:54-58 ALT
(54) Jesus answered, "If _I_ glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; My Father is the One glorifying Me, [of] whom you* say, 'He is our God.'" (55) "And you* have not known Him, but _I_ know Him; and if I should say that I do not know Him, I will be like you*-speaking falsely. _But_ I know Him, and I keep His word. (56) "Abraham, your* father was very glad that he should see My day, and he saw and rejoiced." [Hebrews 11:13] (57) So the Jews said to Him, "You do not yet have fifty years [fig., You are not yet fifty years old], and You have seen Abraham?" (58) Jesus said to them, "Most positively, I say to you*, before Abraham came to be, _I_ am!"

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation