The Ultimate Blasphemy for Jesus Saying Before Abraham Was I Am

When we go back to John in chapter eight, Jesus is speaking to the Jewish people and he says, truly, truly I say to you before Abraham was I am. And if we've read our Bibles at all, that's sounding a little bit familiar to us. But it should we be making some connections where we've heard something like this before? We can see that's what they understand from their reaction. They picked up stones to throw at him. It means he's taking on the name of God.