Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
Then said they unto him Who art thou? - hoping thus to extort an explicit answer; but they are disappointed.
And Jesus saith - `said' х eipen (G2036)] unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning, х teen (G3588) archeen (G746) ho (G3588) ti (G5100) kai (G2532) laloo (G2980) humin (G5213)]. This clause is in the original somewhat obscure, and has been variously rendered and much discussed. But the sense given in our version seems the true one, and has on the whole the best support.