He was their master; they were his disciples. It was a strict teacher-student relationship. Jesus always reminds them that they do not know or understand him, that he is not like them. Every one of the instances in the NT where he address them it was for a purpose of teaching them. He never treated any of them as his peers.
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Excellent post.
4,949 posted on 04/17/2008 9:54:23 AM PDT by trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)