Jesus wept.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus wept.
- KJV Jesus wept.
- NKJV Jesus wept.
- NASB Jesus wept.
- NLT Then Jesus wept.
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Jesus wept. The shortest verse in Scripture shows the Lord's real compassion at the grave of a friend.
Overview
Jesus' tears reveal that he is fully human and tenderly moved by death and the grief of those he loves, even knowing he will raise Lazarus. His weeping is not despair but holy sorrow over sin's wages. It assures believers that their Savior sympathizes with their pain, a comfort grounded in the incarnation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
- Heb 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- John 11:33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- Isa 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
- Ps 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
- Jer 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- Job 30:25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
- Heb 2:16–17For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.
- Jer 14:17You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
- Gen 43:30Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
- Isa 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Ps 35:13–15Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- Lam 1:16For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
- Jer 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Rom 9:2–3I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
- Luke 19:11While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.
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