Yes i agree that sounds more inline with what Jesus meant . Jesus existed in the heavens with his father before abraham was, Jesus was telling it as it was.Popeyesays said:I think you have to look at that passage grammatically: "Before Abraham WAS, I am." Notice the two tenses. Before Abraham had an identity, the Word was with God. I would extrapolate this to say before Jesus existed the WORD was. Meaning the human identity of the Station of the Word is not not the issue.
Regards,
Scott
In [the] beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god
This one was in [the] beginning with God. john 1;1-2
Joh
1:1"and the Word was a god (godlike; divine)"
Gr., και θεος ην ο λόγος (kai the·os´ en ho lo´gos)
(John 1:18) No man has seen God at any time; the only-begotten god who is in the bosom [position] with the Father is the one that has explained him
YOU heard that I said to YOU, I am going away and I am coming [back] to YOU. If YOU loved me, YOU would rejoice that I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am. John 14;28
(Genesis 1:26) And God went on to say: "Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness ........... it seems to me that the one that God is talking to here is non other than Jesus in the heavens , thats where he was before he came to earth .....with his father in heaven
(Genesis 3:22) And Jehovah God went on to say: "Here the man has become like one of us in knowing good and bad ................and here also he is speaking to jesus