John 8:54

8:54 Jesus replied, ¹  “If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. ²  The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people ³  say, ‘He is our God.’

John 8:58

8:58 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, ⁴  before Abraham came into existence, ⁵  I am!” ⁶ 

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¹ tn Grk “Jesus answered.”

² tn Grk “is nothing.”

³ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied in English to clarify the plural Greek pronoun and verb.

⁴ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

⁵ tn Grk “before Abraham was.”

⁶ sn I am! is an explicit claim to deity. Although each occurrence of the phrase “I am” in the Fourth Gospel needs to be examined individually in context to see if an association with Exod 3:14 is present, it seems clear that this is the case here (as the response of the Jewish authorities in the following verse shows).