Jesus wept bible verse john 1111/18/2023 ![]() ![]() I suspect John simply varied the terms in order to avoid repetition. I am not sure that there is enough evidence to say that Jesus’ tears were more or less sorrowful based on vocabulary. The word is rare in the LXX, appearing only a few times (for example, Job 3:24, Job’s tears). When Jesus does cry, it is not the same as Mary and Martha, or the other mourners. Raymond Brown suggested that Jesus was angry at Satan and the domain of death itself, or possibly Jesus is angry “at death” in general ( John, 203). Jesus knows that he will raise Lazarus from the dead, so his tears cannot be sorrow with respect to Lazarus’ death.Ī slight variation of this view is Keener, who thought that Jesus was angry at the mourners’ unbelief ( John, 846). ![]() Whatever the combination of these terms means, it cannot be said that Jesus was shaken by the death of Lazarus (he has already predicted it) and we cannot say that he is expressing emotions similar to Mary and Martha, who are mourning for the dead. In both cases, there may be a feeling of dread since a sinful person is encountering a divine being. The second verb in John 11:33 is ταράσσω, a verb associated with deep turmoil and In the next chapter, Jesus will use the same word to describe his spirit prior to the passion events (John 12:27), in Matthew 14:26 it is used to describe the terror felt by the disciples when they saw Jesus walking on the water Luke 24:38 has a similar use, describing the terror of the disciples when they encountered the resurrected Jesus. That Jesus is moved “in his spirit” is an indication that this is a deeply internal emotional reaction. Beasley-Murray argues that the verb ἐμβριμάομαι should be read as“became angry in spirit” ( John, Second Edition, 192-3). In fact, the verbs in verse 33 have the connotation of indignation and anger.īarrett says that the view that Jesus was angry “beyond question” ( John, 399). But most commentaries point out that the vocabulary used to describe Jesus’ emotions go beyond sorrow. Why does Jesus weep in John 11:35? The crowd assumes that it is because his friend Lazarus died, it is an emotional reaction to death. ![]()
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