 The merchant in the parable of the pearl of great price gave all he had. Jesus gave everything he had as he lay him down on the splintery wood and nailed him to that cross. It is impossible to fully understand the anguish, the suffering, the utter midnight of his heart. As God, the mighty maker, died for man, the creature of sin. He could have called 10,000 angels, but he didn't do that. He died alone in Calvary. What does this tell us?