55 You don’t know him, but I do. If I said I didn’t know him, I would be like you, a liar. But I do know him, and I keep his word.
56 Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see my day. He saw it and was happy."
57 "You aren’t even 50 years old!" the Jewish opposition replied. "How can you say that you have seen Abraham?"
58 "I assure you," Jesus replied, "before Abraham was, I Am."
59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the temple.