He denies having a demon, but makes no comment on the Samaritan accusation. The controversy portrayed as Jesus arguing with "the Jews who had believed in Him" continues through to verse 59. Jesus states that the current times fulfil Abraham's hopes and that Abraham saw this time and "was glad" (). The Jews' response is that Jesus is not yet fifty years old, i.e. has not yet reached the age of "full manhood" as indicated in , and . The evangelist brings the chapter to its climax with Jesus' words, "before Abraham was, I AM" (), words which inevitably are interpreted as Jesus "[taking] to Himself the Divine Name" and so they "prepare to stone Him for blasphemy". The evangelist ends the narrative with a verse in which Jesus evades their violent response and leaves the Temple. Some manuscripts add Jesus "going through the midst of them, and so passed by". Alfred Plummer, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, states that "these words are apparently an insertion, and probably an adaptation of . No English Version previous to the one of 1611 contains the passage". See also Abraham Light of the World Veritas vos liberabit Related Bible parts: Ezekiel 33, Matthew 3 Notes References Sources External links King James Bible - Wikisource English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English) Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.) John 08