“I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” At this, they picked up stones to
him…
John 8:58-59
Jesus claimed that he existed before Abraham, who lived 2,000 years before him. Jesus also identified himself as “I am." This is the same name that God used to refer to Himself when He spoke to Moses more than a thousand years earlier. Jesus' hostile hearers understood that he was claiming to be God by calling himself "I am." And Jesus did not clarify or correct them, even though they were so angry that they tried to kill him.