JESUS WEPT / JOHN 11:35

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(KJV) John 11:35

Jesus wept.

The Heart of the God-Man: Finding Comfort in Jesus’ Tears

John 11:35 contains the shortest sentence in the Bible, yet it carries the heaviest weight: “Jesus wept.”

When we experience loss, sorrow, and deep grief, it is easy to feel entirely alone. We might wonder if God sees us, or if He cares about the pain ripping through our hearts. This simple, profound statement gives us our answer. It reveals the deep sympathy God feels for His people in their darkest moments.

Silent Tears, Immense Sympathy

The Greek word used here for “wept” is dakruo. It means that Jesus burst into tears, and then wept silently.

Think about that imagery. This wasn’t a superficial show of emotion. This was a raw, visceral response to the sting of death and the heartbreak of His friends.

This should be a profound comfort to anyone walking through a season of sorrow today. Christ feels the exact same sympathy for you right now that He felt for the grieving relatives of Lazarus over two thousand years ago. He loves you that much. He does not look at your grief with detachment; He shares in it.

The Deity Who Feels

What makes this moment truly staggering is where it is recorded. This verse occurs in the Gospel of John—the very book that stresses Jesus’ deity and God-nature more than any other book of the Bible.

This wasn’t just a good man crying. This was Jesus—the God-man, the One through whom everything in the universe was created (John 1:3)—weeping for His friends. The Creator of the stars sat in the dust and let tears run down His face.

Our God is not a distant, unfeeling force. As we see throughout Scripture (such as when He wept over Jerusalem in Luke 19:41), God has a deep, emotional, and sympathetic love for all of humankind. When you cry, you do not cry to an empty sky. You cry to a Savior who knows the taste of tears.

A Closing Prayer

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for the comfort of John 11:35. Thank You that we do not serve a distant or cold Creator, but a Savior who broke down and wept alongside those He loved.

Lord, for anyone reading this who is currently carrying the heavy weight of loss, sorrow, or grief, I ask that Your Holy Presence wrap around them tightly. Comfort them with the profound truth that You see their pain, You care about their heartache, and You walk with them through the valley of the shadow of death.

Remind us daily of Your deep, emotional, and sympathetic love for us. When our own tears fall, may we find rest knowing that the God-man who conquered the grave is the very same Savior who understands our sorrow.

In Jesus’ comforting and powerful name, Amen.

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2. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST / JOHN 11:27
3. I AM THE RESURRECTION / JOHN 11:25-26
4. STAYED WHERE HE WAS TWO MORE DAYS / JOHN 11:6
5. JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS / JOHN 11:5
6. SICKNESS FOR GOD’S GLORY / JOHN 11:4
7. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
8. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
9. MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE / JOHN 10:27
10. I KNOW MY SHEEP / JOHN 10:14-15
11. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:11
12. THE THIEF COMES … I HAVE COME / JOHN 10:10
13. I AM THE GATE / JOHN 10:9
14. JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:1
15. THOSE WHO SEE WILL BECOME BLIND / JOHN 9:39
16. THEY THREW HIM OUT / JOHN 9:34
17. WORK OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED / JOHN 9:3
18. BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM / JOHN 8:58
19. WILL NEVER SEE DEATH / JOHN 8:51
20. HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
21. IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER / JOHN 8:42
22. YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED / JOHN 8:36
23. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
24. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
25. IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING / JOHN 8:31
26. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE / JOHN 8:15
27. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
28. NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU / JOHN 8:11
29. IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7
30. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
31. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
32. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
33. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
34. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
35. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
36. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
37. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
38. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
39. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
40. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
41. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
42. DON’T BE AFRAID / JOHN 6:20
43. JESUS PRAYS ALONE / JOHN 6:15
44. THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND /JOHN 6:7
45. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
46. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
47. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
48. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
49. YOU HAVE SENT JOHN / John 5:33
50. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
51. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
52. HEARS … BELIEVES / JOHN 5:24
53. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
54. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
55. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
56. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9-10
57. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
58. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
59. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
60. LOOK AT THE FIELDS / JOHN 4:35
61. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
62. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
63. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
64. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
65. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
66. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
67. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
68. GIVES THE SPIRIT WITHOUT LIMIT / JOHN 3:34
69. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
70. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD /JOHN 3:16
71. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
72. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
73. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
74. BORN AGAIN / JOHN 3:3
75. TEMPLE / JOHN 2:19
76. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
77. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
78. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
79. WINE – THEY HAVE NO MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
80. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
81. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
82. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
83. THE TENTH HOUR /JOHN 1:39
84. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
85. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
86. PHARISEES / JOHN 1:24
87. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
88. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
89. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
90. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
91. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
92. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
93. HIS NAME WAS JOHN / JOHN 1:6
94. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS / JOHN 1:5
95. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
96. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
97. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
98. CREWS N AWAY: ANCHORED IN GRACE

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