And I think that we can safely say that what Jesus was telling him was something that he did not already know, although it most certainly was something that was necessary for him to know if he were to go to heaven.
Y creo que podemos decir con seguridad que lo que Jesús le estaba diciendo fue algo que no supiera ya, aunque sin duda era algo que era necesario para él saber si iba a ir al cielo.