[LS]

I heard one pastor---and think this is right---say that this whole exchange was done very much in a joking, "zinger" manner, showing Jesus had a sense of humor.

There was a great scene, buried in all the gore, in "Passion of the Christ" in which Jesus as a young man was drawing water for Mary and playfully splashed her.

[firebrand]

Repartee, definitely. The English guy who was given this to translate got a plum assignment.