there was a sense in which Philip and the other disciples did not know the One in whom they had believed. Even in human relationships the word know is quite flexible. I may know persons in the sense that I recognize them or am acquainted with them; but at the same time I may not know them in the sense of intimate knowledge or real perception of their character or nature. “I thought I knew you, but I don’t,” is a perfectly comprehensible statement in English. So too, the Christian who does know God
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