Here's a little on how I see John 8:58 that you mention...
The phrase "I am" occurs many other times in the New Testament and is often translated as "I am he" or I am the one I claim to be. Mark 11:36; Luke 21:8; John 13:19, 18:5, 6 and 8. "It is I" Matthew 14:27; Mark 6:50; John 6:20. ...I am the one I clam to be..." John 8:24 and 28. It is obvious that these translations are quite correct and it is interesting that the phrase is translated as "I am" only in John 8:58. If the phrase in John 8:58 were translated "I am he" or "I am the one" like all the others, it would be easier to see that Christ was speaking of himself as the Messiah of God (as indeed he was) spoken of throughout the Old Testament.
@Michiah-Imla and
@Aunty Jane both of you need a language lesson like Peterlag does, after all, you liked Peterlag's fool, anti-linguist post.
In language, there is (1) first person [I, me], (2) second person [you], and (3) third person [he, she, it].
The last two words of John 8:58 are first person, not third person. The words are "ego eimi" which translates using legal grammar into "I AM".
When you convey that John 8:58 would be correctly translated as "I am he", then your fool linguistics show in extreme clarity. YOU MIX IN THIRD PERSON WHERE THE THIRD PERSON IS NOT REPRESENTED IN THE SOURCE GREEK!
You all fight to stuff your words into Lord Jesus Christ's mouth to change the meaning away from the Truth that Jesus is everlasting - your words that are not there among Jesus' words; therefore, your words are your evil words that lead to everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:46, John 8:24).
The Truth (John 14:6) is that Jesus is God for the ever living Word of God proclaims this Truth "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM" (John 8:58) and the Word of God says "I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever" (1 Chronicles 17:14), so according to the Word, Lord Jesus existed in eternity past and will exist in eternity future which means the Word is uncreated thus the Word proclaims that the Word is YHWH God for there is NO other that exists in eternity past and future (Isaiah 45:5).
Jesus is God with us per the Apostle (Matthew 1:23), so Jesus is truly Almighty God, YHWH, with us (Revelation 1:8)!