Question: What incident prompted tears from Jesus in the verse "Jesus wept."?
Answer: The death of Lazarus. (John 11:35)
Comments: John 11:35 is the shortest verse in the New Testament and in many translations the shortest verse in the Bible. Some translations (HCSB, NIV, NLT, NLV) render Job 3:2 as "He said". This is a translators' condensation of the Hebrew, which literally reads "And Job answered and said".
John 11:35 is translated the same in most English translations, comprised of only two words. The verse actually has three words in the original Greek as the definite article precedes Jesus' name. It was "the Jesus" who wept.
Jesus wept. (John 11:35, NASB)
Note: This statue of Jesus weeping was erected by St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Oklahoma City as a memorial dedicated to those who perished in the Oklahoma City bombing and their families. It was completed less than a year after the 1995 bombing. It is indicative of the many who take comfort in Jesus' ongoing compassion.
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