![]() Do we see any prior account of anyone in the Bible being killed for claiming to pre-exist? No. before Abraham was, I have been,” not “I am.” But what is it about saying, “I have been” that would motivate the Jews to want to kill Jesus? Was Jesus simply stating that He pre-existed? If so, they would have thought Him greatly deceived and not worthy of being killed. The Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that John 8:58 should be translated as ”. The first time the Jews wanted to kill Jesus was when He said, “Before Abraham was, I am.” The second time wasn’t until John 10:31 when they again wanted to kill Him after Jesus said, “I and the Father are one.” Let’s look at these statements of Jesus. ![]() John 10:30-31, “I and the Father are one.” 31The Jews took up stones again to stone Him.John 8:58-59, “Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” 59Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him.What was it that Jesus said in both cases that brought such a violent reaction? Here they are again. There is absolutely no reference to stones or stoning between John 8:59 and John 10:31 but in those two verses, the Jews responded to Jesus’ words by wanting to kill Him. 32Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father for which of them are you stoning Me?” 33The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.” 34Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35“If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 36do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?” 30“ I and the Father are one.” 31The Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 29“My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. John 10:27-36, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me 28and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.John 8:56-59, “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” 57The Jews therefore said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” 59Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him but Jesus hid Himself, and went out of the temple.”.The first was in John 8:58-59, and the second was in John 10:30-33. Both of these occur after Jesus spoke and made a claim about Himself. There are only two places in John where the Jews wanted to kill Jesus with stones. Maybe it was something Jesus said elsewhere that made them so angry. What was it that Jesus had said or done that caused the Jews to say that He was claiming to be God? Was it “I and the Father are one”? If so, why would that cause the Jews to want to kill Jesus? Perhaps it was something else. ![]() 32Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father for which of them are you stoning Me?” 33The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God,” (John 10:30-33) “I and the Father are one.” 31The Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
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