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The Book of John - Chapter 11:28-37 - (ESV)

Jesus Weeps - {Interlinear <Greek>}

11:28 - • {Καὶ<kai>} When → she → had → said {εἰποῦσα<legō>} this, {τοῦτο <houtos>} she → went {ἀπῆλθεν<aperchomai>} and {καὶ<kai>} called {ἐφώνησεν <phōneō>} her {αὐτῆς<autos>} sister {τὴν ἀδελφὴν<ho adelphē>} Mary, {Μαριὰμ <Mariam>} saying {εἰποῦσα·<legō>} in → private, {λάθρα<lathra>] “The {ὁ<ho>} Teacher {διδάσκαλος<didaskalos>} is here {πάρεστιν<pareimi>} and {καὶ<kai>} is → calling {φωνεῖ<phōneō>} for • you.” {σε.<sy>}

11:29 - And {δὲ<de>} when {ὡς<hōs>} she {ἐκείνη<ekeinos>} heard {ἤκουσεν <akouō>} it, • she → rose {ἠγέρθη<egeirō>} quickly {ταχὺ<tachys>} and {καὶ<kai>} went {ἤρχετο<erchomai>} to {πρὸς<pros>} him. {αὐτόν.<autos>}

11:30 - Now {δὲ<de>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς<ho Iēsous>} had → not yet {οὔπω<oupō>} come {ἐληλύθει<erchomai>} into {εἰς<eis>} the {τὴν<ho>} village, {κώμην,<kōmē>} but {ἀλλ᾽<alla>} was {ἦν<eimi>} still {ἔτι<eti>} in {ἐν<en>} the {τῷ<ho>} place {τόπῳ <topos>} where {ὅπου<hopou>} Martha {ἡ Μάρθα.<ho Martha>} had → met {ὑπήντησεν<hypantaō>} him. {αὐτῷ<autos>}

11:31 - When → the {Οἱ<ho>} • {οὖν<oun>} Jews {Ἰουδαῖοι<Ioudaios>} who {οἱ <ho>} were {ὄντες<eimi>} with {μετ᾽<meta>} her {αὐτῆς<autos>} in {ἐν<en>} the {τῇ<ho>} house, {οἰκίᾳ<oikia>} • {καὶ<kai>} consoling {παραμυθούμενοι <paramytheomai>} her, {αὐτήν,<autos>} saw {ἰδόντες<horaō>} Mary {τὴν Μαριὰμ<ho Mariam>} • {ὅτι<hoti>} rise {ἀνέστη<anistēmi>} quickly {ταχέως <tacheōs>} and {καὶ<kai>} go out, {ἐξῆλθεν, <exerchomai>} they → followed {ἠκολούθησαν <akoloutheō>} her, {αὐτῇ,<autos> supposing {δόξαντες<dokeō>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} she → was → going {ὑπάγει <hypagō>} to {εἰς<eis>} the {τὸ<ho>} tomb {μνημεῖον <mnēmeion>} to {ἵνα<hina>} weep {κλαύσῃ<klaiō>} there. {ἐκεῖ.<ekei>}

11:32 - Now {οὖν<oun>} when {ὡς<hōs>} Mary {ἡ Μαρία<ho Maria>} came {ἦλθεν <erchomai>} to where {ὅπου<hopou>} Jesus {Ἰησοῦς,<Iēsous>} was {ἦν<eimi>} and • saw {ἰδοῦσα<horaō>} him, {αὐτὸν<autos>} she → fell {ἔπεσεν<piptō>} at {πρὸς <pros>} his {αὐτοῦ<autos>} feet, {τοὺς πόδας<ho pous>} saying {λέγουσα<legō>} to → him, {αὐτῷ· <autos>} “Lord, {κύριε,<kyrios>} if {εἰ<ei>} you → had → been {ἦς <eimi>} here, {ὧδε,<hōde>} my {μου<egō>} brother {ὁ ἀδελφός.<ho adelphos>} would → not {οὐκ<ou>} have → died.” {ἄν ἀπέθανεν<anapothnēskō>}

11:33 - • {οὖν<oun>} When {ὡς<hōs>} Jesus {Ἰησοῦς<Iēsous>} saw {εἶδεν<horaō>} her {αὐτὴν<autos>} weeping, {κλαίουσαν<klaiō>} and → the {τοὺς<ho>} Jews {Ἰουδαίους<Ioudaios>} who • had come with {συνελθόντας<synerchomai>} her {αὐτῇ<autos>} also {καὶ<kai>} weeping, {κλαίοντας,<klaiō>} he was deeply moved {ἐνεβριμήσατο<embrimaomai>} in → his • spirit {τῷ πνεύματι<ho pneuma>} and {καὶ<kai>} greatly • troubled. {ἐτάραξεν<tarassō>} • {ἑαυτὸν<heautou>}

11:34 - And {καὶ<kai>} he → said, {εἶπεν·<legō>} “Where {ποῦ<pou>} have → you → laid {τεθείκατε<tithēmi>} him?” {αὐτόν;<autos>} They → said {λέγουσιν<legō>} to → him, {αὐτῷ·<autos>} “Lord, {κύριε,<kyrios>} come {ἔρχου<erchomai>} and {καὶ <kai>} see.” {ἴδε.<horaō>}

11:35 - Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς.<ho Iēsous>} wept. {ἐδάκρυσεν<dakryō>}

11:36 - So {οὖν<oun>} the {οἱ<ho>} Jews {Ἰουδαῖοι·<Ioudaios>} said, {ἔλεγον<legō>} “See {ἴδε<ide>} how {πῶς<pōs>} he → loved {ἐφίλει<phileō>} him!” {αὐτόν.<autos>}

11:37 - But {δὲ<de>} some {τινὲς<tis>} of {ἐξ<ek>} them {αὐτῶν<autos>} said, {εἶπον· <legō>} “Could {ἐδύνατο<dynamai>} not {οὐκ<ou>} he {οὗτος<houtos>} who {ὁ<ho>} opened {ἀνοίξας<anoigō>} the {τοὺς<ho>} eyes {ὀφθαλμοὺς<ophthalmos>} of → the {τοῦ<ho>} blind {τυφλοῦ<typhlos>} man ← also {καὶ<kai>} have ← kept {ποιῆσαι<poieō>} this {οὗτος<houtos>} man ← from {ἵνα μὴ<hina mē>} dying?” {ἀποθάνῃ;<apothnēskō>}

John 11:28–37

Jesus identifies with us in our pain and loss. He comes to us in our weakness and brokenness. Though he knew he was about to raise Lazarus from the dead, Jesus wept when he saw the tears of Mary and her companions. This is Jesus being truly human. As God incarnate, Jesus shows us what he, as God, created man to be—a whole-hearted lover of God and a compassionate lover of fellow image-bearers—summarized in the two great commandments (Matt. 22:34–40).

But as the incarnate God, Jesus’ tears in front of Lazarus’s tomb are of a different order. This is Jesus feeling the weight of the fall—the violation and disintegration of the way things were meant to be. His holy tears are those of the Creator grieving over the forfeiture of beauty through the intrusion of sin and death. Once again, in the incarnate Lord, we see the heart of the Lamb who would offer his life to overcome our sin and death.

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John 11:28–37

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The Book of John - Chapter 11:28-37 - (ESV)

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