John 11:35
Jesus wept.
John 11:35 in other translations
| BSB | Jesus wept. |
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| WEB | Jesus wept. |
| ASV | Jesus wept. |
| YLT | Jesus wept. |
| DARBY | Jesus wept. |
| BBE | And Jesus himself was weeping. |
| Webster | Jesus wept. |
What does John 11:35 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 11:33-38
33-38. When Jesus ... saw her weeping, and the Jews ... weeping ... he groaned in the spirit--the tears of Mary and her friends acting sympathetically upon Jesus, and drawing forth His emotions. What a vivid and beautiful outcoming of His "real" humanity! The word here rendered "groaned" does not mean "sighed" or "grieved," but rather "powerfully checked his emotion"--made a visible effort to restrain those tears…
Barnes' Notes
1st. That the most tender personal friendship is not inconsistent with the most pure religion. Piety binds stronger the ties of friendship, makes more tender the emotions of love, and seals and sanctifies the affections of friends.
2nd. It is right, it is natural, it is indispensable for the Christian to sympathize with others in their afflictions. Rom 12:15: "Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep."
3rd. Sorrow at the death of friends is not improper. It is right to weep. It is the expression of nature, and religion does not forbid or condemn it. All that religion does in the case is to temper and chasten our grief; to teach us to mourn with submission to God; to weep without murmuring, and to seek to banish tears, not by hardening the heart or forgetting the friend, but by bringing the soul, made tender by grief, to receive the sweet influences of religion, and to find calmness and peace in the God of all consolation.
4th. We have here an instance of the tenderness of the character of Jesus. The same Saviour wept over Jerusalem, and felt deeply for poor dying sinners. To the same tender and compassionate Saviour Christians may now come (Heb 4:15); and to him the penitent sinner may also come, knowing that he will not cast him away.
(w) "wept" Isa 63:9, Lk 19:41, Heb 2:16,17
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 11:33-46
Christ's tender sympathy with these afflicted friends, appeared by the troubles of his spirit. In all the afflictions of believers he is afflicted. His concern for them was shown by his kind inquiry after the remains of his deceased friend. Being found in fashion as a man, he acts in the way and manner of the sons of men. It was shown by his tears. He was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Tears of…
John 11:35 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 11:35
- Luke 19:41
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
- Hebrews 4:15
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
- John 11:33
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
- Psalms 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
- Jeremiah 13:17
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.
- Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
- Hebrews 2:16-17
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
- Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Jeremiah 14:17
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
- Genesis 43:30
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
- Psalms 35:13-15
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
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Context
- John 11:34
And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
- John 11:35
Jesus wept.
- John 11:36
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
John 11:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y lloró Jesús. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Jésus pleura. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jesus vergoß Tränen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et lacrimatus est Jesus. |