Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you — Jesus distinguishes between their knowledge and his: they 'have not known him' (the Father), but 'I know him.' The claim of absolute knowledge of God is staggering—it positions Jesus as uniquely conscious of God's reality. Jesus adds that to deny knowing the Father would make him 'a liar like unto you.' This does not mean Jesus is claiming perfection (he is speaking hypothetically), but rather that the authorities are liars precisely because they claim to know God while rejecting God's word (Jesus).

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