The Gospel Truth About John 8:58 ~ by Arthur Daniels, Jr., Th.B., B.S., M.Div.
The Gospel Truth About John 8:58 by Arthur Daniels, Jr., Th.B., B.S., M.Div. New Testament Text: John 8:58 "Jesus said to them, Most assuredly I am saying to you, Before Abraham came into existence I AM." (Kenneth Wuest's Expanded Translaton, Eerdmans, 1961). by Arthur Daniels, Jr., Th.B., B.S., M.Div. (in process) Preliminary Considerations The above passage has been variously translated and is a source of contention between those who hold that Jesus is in unique relationship with God the Father as the one God and those who deny this union. Jehovah's Witnesses and others dispute that Jesus in John 8:58 was claiming to be the Yahweh/Jehovah who existed in eternity before Abraham. Elaborate arguments, some even using Hebrew and Greek, have been created in an effort to disprove "trinitarian" views of this passage. But are such arguments valid and do they prove what they attempt to prove? We will take a closer and more thorough look i...