-Removed-Your question makes no sense. Please stick to the topic of the thread. What is your understanding of the passage being discussed? You say I am wrong in identifying a lie. How do you explain the exchange? How was Jesus not lying when he told his followers he wasn't going, and then went anyway in secret?
-Removed-It's an odd comparison. If I interact with people (still alive) I tend to take what they share on trust, rather than assuming they are probably lying.
If I read an old text (thousands of years old) I will share my opinion on what the text is telling me. In this instance, the text says that Jesus told his followers he wouldn't go to the festival but then went later in secret. This reads as a lie, irrespective of if it was Jesus or any other biblical character.
If you disagree with this reading of the text, just say why.
-Removed-I have told you on numerous occasions that I give people the benefit of the doubt when they share personal accounts, not wishing to be the kind of person who accuses someone of lying about something that was actually true.
You may have an uncanny ability to know with certainty when an account shared is true or not, but for us mere mortals it is more human to be more trusting.
And you said you would give your view on the passage concerned once I had answered your question. (Which I have). Was that a lie, or are you now going to do so?