to flip back and forth".....a huge red flag goes up in my head. god's word is never changing and he is the "same yesterday, today and forever".
i think you are in error on that.
what im talking about is that jesus was asked a bunch of questions,,,,not just one.
and in his answer jesus gives us the answers to the several questions he was asked.
one part of his answer was aimed at one question he was asked....but another part of the answer jesus gave was aimed at other questions he was asked.
the error is to mix one of his answers to the wrong question.
when you do this, what you learn is that 