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NASB | John 8:58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 8:58 Jesus replied, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, before Abraham was born, I Am." [Ex 3:14] |
Subject: 'I AM' or 'I exist'? |
Bible Note: Ray: BeDuhn did not compare the NKJ for the following reason: "Whoever did this cleanup work on the KJV brought little new scholarship to their work, and rather completely ignored all of the advances in textual and linguistic knowledge achieved in the 450 years between the KJV and the NKJB. Most astonishingly, the NKJB uses the same text base as the KJV, which is different in nearly 6,000 places from modern critical texts of the NT, and in some passages has no basis in Greek manuscripts at all." (Someone said the NW is just a cleaned up KJ - yah right!) As regards John 9:38, he has a whole chapter on the Greek "proskuneo" called Bowing To Bias. Again, the NW "receive(s) the highest marks for accuracy, while the others show a tendency to lapse into interpretive judgments guided by their theological biases." Did you notice that John 9:33 says Jesus is "from God"? This is the consistent distinction throughout the entire Bible - Jesus and God. We should listen to the blind man and learn that Jesus could do nothing if not for God. Do you imagine that this means I do not view him as Lord? As my high priest and mediator before God? Or that I esteem his ransom as of ordinary value? Or perhaps that I don't see him as a mighty warrior King about to end the suffering of the oppressed and downtrodden by annihilating the wicked? He personally cleansed the heavens of powerful wicked spirits and now provides a spiritual paradise as congregation head for those who worship the Father in spirit and truth. Exercising faith in Jesus means being obedient to him. (John 3:16,36) We can talk doctrine all day, "all the same, wisdom is proved righteous by its works." The true Christian way is exalted in these! Don't get me wrong, "faith follows the things heard," but it doesn't have to be like looking for a needle in a haystack for the truth - look at the fruits. (Rom 10:17;Matt 7:16) Best wishes, Ben |