In the second chapter of his gospel, Saint John the Divine crosses a line when he writes (concerning Jesus of Nazareth and the Jews assembled in Jerusalem for Passover): "But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men [John 2:24]."
Prima facie, this witness, “he knew all men,” seems true, relatively speaking, in respect of the “gospels” of murder- for- salvation written by Jesus’ apostles. On second glance, however, John the Divine's assessment of Jesus' knowledge of men might indicate the taint of Jesus' proclivities as gay, in light of passages such as Genesis 19:5– “[the men of Sodom] called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men [the two angels] which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them [Genesis 19:5].”
Jesus of Nazareth did seem to know everything and everyone, according to the apostolic records and traditions which are his only enduring representatives. Saying Jesus “knew all men,” however, contradicts Jesus' own testimony of himself, as handed down by the apostles; and frankly makes him sound gay (which he might be, if he ever existed).
In the seventeenth chapter of Jeremiah's prophecy, “the LORD” addresses “Judah [Jeremiah 16:21]”, thus: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it [Jeremiah 17:9]?" He goes on to explain the profundity of this statement in the next verse, saying; "I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." Yet-- to the LORD-- the hearts of Judah (the tribe of Jesus' “father [Luke 1:32]” David, The King of the Jews) are beyond finding out.
Being a Jew, John the Divine was perhaps naturally inclined to regard all things Jewish favorably; but “Jesus'” own words refute John's assertion that Jesus "knew all men," if Jeremiah's don't. According to the apostle Matthew, Jesus of Nazareth dashed John the Divine’s assertion that Jesus “knew all men,” (along with many of the disciples’ expectations) to smithereens, when Jesus said to them: "Not everyone who says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven [Matthew 7:21]."
In the next verse of Matthew 7, Jesus goes on to say, "Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works [verse 22, ibid.]?" Nonetheless, in respect of these things and John's assertion that Jesus “knew all men,” Matthew says Jesus went on to say: "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity [Matthew 7:23].”
“I never knew you.” Is Jesus a liar? If not, John the Divine must be.
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