Jesus spoke Aramaic. In the Western Aramaic (Syriac) version the passage begins with the word "I" repeated: ena ena, as in "I-I". It is the intensive form of "I" or "I am". In a culture where the word for God (Alaha) means Unity, the sense of the individual (Jesus) cannot be be ultimately separated from the divine. Only the "I am" exists, which is Alaha (GOD). It is the eternal "I am" that dwells in each of us. It is THAT which existed "before Abraham" that says, "I am the way".

Either way, I have chosen the gospel that Jesus revealed.