No wonder they killed Jesus

In John 8, Jesus is basically saying, “What I claim is that I speak from God and for God and as God. I don’t testify to any autonomous human greatness. What I claim—in and under all I say and do—is that “I am.” I am one with God, the great “I am” (Exodus 3:14). Verse 24: “Unless you believe that I am [the he is added in our English translation] you will die in your sins.” Verse 28: “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am [again, the he is added].”

–John Piper