[xzins]

But he is deifnitely not suggesting with that expression that he pre-existed the creation the way Septuagint does in Ex 3:14 ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν (ego eimi ho on) = "I am the existence."

Of course He is; read John's prologue again.

[kosta50]

The prologue is the author’s intention and theme; the way he phrases John 8:58 does not correspond to his prologue.