¹⁹ I am telling you this now before it happens so that when it happens, you will believe that ·I am he [^LI am; ^Cthis may be an allusion to God’s (Yahweh’s) self identification as “I AM” in Ex. 3:14, or to God’s repeated claim that “I am he” throughout Is. 40—55; see John 8:24, 28, 58].

²⁹ I have told you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens, you will believe [13:19].