John 11:33–35
On the way to his friend’s tomb, Jesus is troubled and weeps
Study it word by word33So when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled himself,
34and he said, “Where have you laid him?” They say to him, “Lord, come and see.”
35Jesus wept.
In its context
31So the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32So when Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
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36So the Jews were saying, “See how he held him dear!”
37But some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have made it so that this man also would not die?”
Its words in the original
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- εἶδενeiden· see
See, look; notice.
- κλαίουσανklaiousan· weep
Weep, cry.
- συνελθόνταςsynelthontas· come together
Come together, gather; said of a married couple, begin living together.
- ἸουδαίουςIoudaious· Jew, Judean
Jew, Judean: one of the people of Judah; in the New Testament it often means the leaders of the people.
- ἐνεβριμήσατοenebrimēsato· be deeply moved
Order sternly; also be deeply moved.
- πνεύματιpneumati· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- ἐτάραξενetaraxen· trouble, stir up
Trouble, stir up, disturb.
- εἶπενeipen· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΠοῦPou· where?
Where?
- τεθείκατεtetheikate· put, lay
Put, place, lay down.
- ΚύριεKyrie· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ἔρχουerchou· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- ἐδάκρυσενedakrysen· shed tears
Shed tears, weep quietly (unlike klaio, weeping aloud).