He was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, "Teacher, is it no concern to you that we are going down?"

And yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man who came down out of heaven.

He continues to bear testimony to what He has actually seen and heard, and yet no one accepts His testimony.

Then they kept on trying to arrest Him, and yet no one laid a hand on Him, for the time had not yet come.

He said these things in the treasury as He was teaching in the temple, and yet no one ventured to arrest Him, because the time had not yet come for Him.

If I should dole out everything I have for charity, and give my body up to torture in mere boasting pride, but have no love, I get from it no good at all.

By our union with the Lord I have confidence in you that you will take no other view of the matter. The man who is unsettling you will certainly pay the penalty for it, no matter who it turns out to be.

That was why, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you and our labor might be lost.

By this the Holy Spirit was showing that there was as yet no access to the real sanctuary while the outer tent was still in existence,