No one knows the Father except the Son

[Wootah]

Just for reference:

http://biblehub.com/matthew/11-27.htm

http://biblehub.com/luke/10-22.htm

Matthew 11:27 New International Version (NIV)
27 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

How can just a man put himself in such a position between you and God?

[marco]

Sophistry - the lack of mention of a third person is NOT proof there is no third person.

That was my immediate reaction until I examined what was written.


"No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

The format is absolutely exclusive. NOBODY except the Father; NOBODY except the Son. There is no possible room for a third entity in this format of words. I agree that mentioning two people does not exclude the possibility of a third - but that does not apply here.

I don't think you can discount the context that He was speaking about people in the world.

I haven't discountd anything. When one says "no one knows the Son EXCEPT the Father" then one is including divine persons in the statement. The wording of the statement excludes all except the two divinities. For example we would deduce that Gabriel doesn't know either for if he does, the statement is just wrong. The statement is of course being addressed to human beings.