Then Jesus wept. (John 11:35) Why?

Jesus Christ incarnated on the earth God in human form cried because of your sins and consequences on that sin without mercy poured up on himself.Written on the la

Jesus wept because His people did not know the Scriptures. He rode into Jerusalem on the donkey on the exact day as had been foretold centuries before. Daniel was told by the Angel Gabriel the exact day that the Messiah the King would enter Jerusalem. The Scribes and the Pharisees who should have known the date, didn't understand. I think the common people did to a degree but didn't know how to respond after His entry. That is why He wept. He loves the Jewish people and they weren't expecting Him on the appointed day. But then I wonder if they had received Him then, where would the rest of us be? He came to His own and they received Him not. That opened the door for salvation to the rest of us. The day will come when the Jewish people will call out for their Messiah and He will come to them then.

The footnotes in my bible give a few explanations. The Greek concept of God (that was popular at the time) was an emotionless God who was not involved with humans. Jesus often expressed deep emotion, perhaps to show that he can understand emotions the way we do(and experienced them). Perhaps he empathized with their grief or was troubled by their unbelief but either way, He cares enough about us to weep when we weep. I think He wants us to know we can come to him with our joys and sorrows alike, because he is able to understand what we are feeling. He has experienced the same thing.

As a believer, I take great comfort in the fact that Jesus wept. When I sorrow, when I cry, I don't want to approach a cold and impersonal God, but One who understands me. This verse shows God's empathetic nature, and makes Him approachable.

I'm glad that God did let us know of the compassion shown thru the scripture of(John 11:35). When we see this,we know that when he has spoken of other things in the bible of "Forgive them for they know not what they do"(Luke 23:34) and other such things that he pleads for us humans to his father is true feelings that at this time(John 11:35) became so much that it made him have tears, not much less of how when he prayed (Luke 22:44) and his sweat turned to blood. These are all ways that God showed us the humanness of our Lord Jesus Christ, and just how very much his feelings mattered. I pray some of these scriptures will also help you on your manuscript for college. Blessings to you! Eternally Living to Glorify Jesus Christ, Latisha

I think it was two reasons: 1. Jesus was born God but he was also man and mankind has emotions and feelings. Jesus as a man, wept with man, and thus sympathized with the sorrow of the sisters and friends of Lazarus. Although Martha made it clear that she believed she would see Lazarus again in the resurrection, when she and Lazarus would be re-united, still she was experiencing sorrow NOW, since she would not see her brother and be spending time with him here on earth. So Jesus empathized with her sadness. 2. I think that Jesus was sorry for the unbelief and hypocrisy that the Pharisees were dispaying. They were supposed to be the religious leaders, and they did not recognize who he was, they were just looking for a way to catch him and get rid of him and his teachings that were 'undermining' their authority. Jesus wept over Jerusalem and here He also weeps for unbelief and sorrow over the hardness of the hearts of those there at the tomb who were just there to catch him doing something to condemn himself.

I don't think there is just one reason. Jesus loved his friends as we love ours. He saw and felt their greaf. He saw their tears. He shared that with them. I think it also in part bc of the lack of fath in Him in the sense that He had the power to heal but they didn't get that Jesus is never too late. Jesus is always on time.