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>The Father is greather than I am.
>I am doing just what the Father command me
Jesus is emphasizing his subordination to the
Father as a man. This is the entire point of his kenosis:
>"Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour." (Psalm 2:5, Hebrews 2:7)
>Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man. (Philippians 2:6-7)

>But as for the day and hour no one knows it—not even the angels in heaven—except the Father alone.
Similar as above. Also to the Ignatius Study Bible:
>Christ's professed ignorance of this day and hour may be understood as hyperbole (overstatement), a teaching device used by Jewish rabbis and Jesus himself (5:34; 23:9; Lk 14:26). Tradition maintains that Jesus' apparent ignorance is not a literal statement, but a figurative expression; for the Father and the Son share everything in common, including their divine knowledge: 11:27; Jn 3:35; 10:15; 17:25). Here Jesus does not display any human knowledge of the time when the Father will send the Son to judge all nations, because this mystery lies beyond the scope of what the Father intends the Son to reveal.
Christ does clearly have knowledge which is only befitting to him if he was divine, for example he has perfect knowledge of God's essence (John 1:18), was able to know the thoughts and intentions of the people he encountered (Matthew 9:4), and was even shown to have scholarly knowledge of the scriptures at just the age of 12 (Luke 2:46-49).

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