John 11:36
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
John 11:36 in other translations
| BSB | Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!” |
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| WEB | The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!” |
| ASV | The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him! |
| YLT | The Jews, therefore, said, ‘Lo, how he was loving him!' |
| DARBY | The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him! |
| BBE | So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him! |
| Webster | Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! |
What does John 11:36 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…
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 11:36 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 11:36
- John 11:3
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
- 1 John 3:1
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
- Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
- 1 John 4:9-10
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- John 14:21-23
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8-9
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
- Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
- John 21:15-17
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
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Context
- John 11:35
Jesus wept.
- John 11:36
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
- John 11:37
And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
John 11:36 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Dijeron entonces los Judíos: Mirad cómo le amaba. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les Juifs donc dirent: Voyez comme il l’affectionnait. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da sprachen die Juden: Siehe, wie lieb hat er ihn gehabt! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixerunt ergo Judæi: Ecce quomodo amabat eum. |