What about Jesus saying He is our friend though? I though maybe pal was equivalent more like a compadre or something to yall. That's why I asked.
I wouldn't exactly call Jesus a 'pal', ... but He is quite a friend.John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.