Study Desk

How terrible it will be for me because of my injury. My wound cannot be healed. Yet I told myself, "This is my sickness; I must suffer through it."

This was while the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that had not yet been taken—Lachish and Azekah. These were the only strong, walled cities left in the land of Judah.

At that time Jeremiah had not yet been put into prison. So he was free to go anywhere he wanted.

Damascus was a city of my joy. Why have the people not left that famous city yet?

"Human, people who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying: ‘Abraham was only one person, yet he was given the land as his own. Surely the land has been given to us, who are many, as our very own.'

But they still keep on sinning more and more. They make idols of their silver, idols that are cleverly made, the work of a craftsman. Yet the people of Israel say to each other, "Kiss those calf idols and sacrifice to them."

It is not yet time for the message to come true, but that time is coming soon; the message will come true. It may seem like a long time, but be patient and wait for it, because it will surely come; it will not be delayed.

Do you have seeds for crops still in the barn? Your vines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not given fruit yet. But from now on I will bless you!'"

Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand yet?"

Yet I must be on my way today and tomorrow and the next day. Surely it cannot be right for a prophet to be killed anywhere except in Jerusalem.

Jesus answered, "Dear woman, why come to me? My time has not yet come."

It was dark now, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The followers got into a boat and started across the lake to Capernaum.

Jesus said to his brothers, "The right time for me has not yet come, but any time is right for you.

So you go to the feast. I will not go yet to this feast, because the right time for me has not yet come."

Moses gave you the law about circumcision. (But really Moses did not give you circumcision; it came from our ancestors.) And yet you circumcise a baby boy on a Sabbath day.

But we know where this man is from. Yet when the real Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."

When Jesus said this, they tried to seize him. But no one was able to touch him, because it was not yet the right time.

Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit. The Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory. But later, those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.

Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the Temple, near where the money is kept. But no one arrested him, because the right time for him had not yet come.

The man answered, "This is a very strange thing. You don't know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.