Jesus wept

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James Tissot, Jesus Wept (Jésus pleura)

"Jesus wept" (

versification—were introduced into the Greek text by Robert Estienne
in 1551 in order to make the texts easier to cite and compare.

Context

Further information:
Raising of Lazarus

This verse occurs in John's narrative of the death of

prayed aloud to his Father, and ordered Lazarus to come out, resurrected.[3]

Luke's gospel also records that Jesus wept as he entered Jerusalem before his trial and death, anticipating the destruction of the Temple.[4]

Text

Resurrection of Lazarus by Juan de Flandes, around 1500
Translation Text
Biblical Greek
 ἐδάκρυσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς.
edákrusen ho Iēsoûs.
"Jesus shed tears."
Hebrew
 בָּכָה יֵשׁוּעַ.
ba'kha Yeshua.
"Jesus wept."
Peshitta ܘܐܵܬ݂ܝܵܢ ܗ̄ܘܲܝ̈ ܕܸܡ̈ܥܵܘܗܝ ܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ.
Wʾatiyan hway demʿawhy d-Yushwoʿ.
"And the tears of Jesus came."
Vulgate Et lacrimātus est Iēsus
"And Jesus wept."
Luther Bible Und Jesus gingen die Augen über.
"And the eyes of Jesus overcame."
ASV, Darby Bible, ERV, ESV, HCSB, KJV, NASB, NET, NIV, NJB, NKJV,
NLT (pre-2005 version), RSV, Recovery Version, WEB, YLT		 "Jesus wept."
Bible in Basic English "And Jesus himself was weeping."
God's Word
 "Jesus cried."
The Message "Now Jesus wept."
New American Bible, Douay–Rheims Bible "And Jesus wept."
New Living Translation (2005 Version) "Then Jesus wept."
New Revised Standard Version "Jesus began to weep."
Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
 "Yeshua cried,"
The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
 "Jesus gave way to tears."

Interpretation

Significance has been attributed to Jesus's deep emotional response to his friends' weeping, and his own tears, including the following:

  • Weeping demonstrates that
    Pope Leo the Great referred to this passage when he discussed the two natures of Jesus
    : "In His humanity Jesus wept for Lazarus; in His divinity he raised him from the dead."
  • The sorrow, sympathy, and compassion Jesus felt for all mankind.
  • The rage he felt against the tyranny of death over mankind.[6]
  • Although the bystanders interpreted his weeping to mean that Jesus loved Lazarus (verse 36), Witness Lee considered the Jews' opinion to be unreasonable, given Jesus' intention to resurrect Lazarus. Lee argued instead that every person to whom Jesus talked in John 11 (his disciples, Martha, Mary, and the Jews) was blinded by their misconceptions. Thus he "groaned in his spirit" because even those who were closest to him failed to recognize that he was, as he declared in verse 26, "the resurrection and the life". Finally, at the graveside, he "wept in sympathy with their sorrow over Lazarus' death".[7]

In history

Jesus's tears have figured among the

relics attributed to Jesus.[8]

Use as an expletive

In some places in the English-speaking world, including

Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ for abusive use of the Holy Name, which constitutes being sinful.[14]

In 1965 broadcaster Richard Dimbleby accidentally used the expletive live on air during the state visit of Elizabeth II to West Germany.[citation needed]

It is commonly used as an expletive in novels by author

The Devil You Know, Garth Ennis in The Boys (comics), Peter F. Hamilton in The Night's Dawn Trilogy, Mark Haddon in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Dan Simmons in Hyperion Cantos, Minette Walters in Fox Evil, Elly Griffiths in the Dr Ruth Galloway series, and Jason Matthews in Red Sparrow
.

This usage is also evidenced in films and television programmes including Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Get Carter (1971), Razorback (1984), Hellraiser (1987), Drop the Dead Donkey (1990), The Stand (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Dogma (1999), Notes on a Scandal (2006), True Blood, Cranford, The Bank Job (all 2008), Blitz (2011), Call the Midwife (2013), Community (2015), The Magnificent Seven (2016), The Haunting of Hill House, Derry Girls (both 2018), Troop Zero (2019), and Silent Witness (2023).

Car journalist Jeremy Clarkson from the hit show Top Gear, used the expletive many times across the duration of the 22 season run.[citation needed]

The verse is also used in the The's song "Angels of Deception" from the 1986 album Infected. Kanye West uses the verse to end “Bound 2”, the last song on his 2013 album Yeezus.[15]

After all these long-ass verses,
I'm tired, you tired, Jesus wept

— Kanye West, Bound 2

See also

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References

  1. KJV
    reads "And Job spake, and said," the NIV simply has "He said".
  2. Hagiographa
    , 1 Chronicles 1:25, has nine letters in the original Hebrew.
  3. ^ a b John 11:1–45
  4. ^ Luke 19:41
  5. ^ "Jesus Christ as a Flesh -and - Blood Human". Bibletools.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  6. ^ The emotional life of Jesus, B. B. Warfield
  7. ISBN 978-0736350402
  8. ^ The Joe Nickell Files: The Shroud of Turin Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, interview with Joe Nickell, August 2000
  9. ^ E.g. Peevish.co.uk dictionary of slang, Dagree.net Aussie slang
  10. ^ "BBC rejects blasphemy complaint". Church Times. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  11. ^
    ISBN 978-0-435-30701-1
    .
  12. ^ Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure. American Law Book Company. 1902. p. 711. But in this state there were two statues, one against profanity, the other against blasphemy, the former providing a punishment for persons over a certain age who should "profanely curse or swear by the name of God, Jesus Christ, or the Holy Ghost," and the latter providing a punishment for any person who should "wilfully, premeditatedly and despitefully, blaspheme or speak wilfully and profanely of Almighty God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, or the Scriptures of Truth,"
  13. ^ Nordine, Michael (5 August 2017). "This List of Swear Words People Don't Like to Hear in Movies". IndieWire. Retrieved 19 January 2023. The numbers are even higher among Evangelical Christians, the group most likely to object to swearing; a full 90 percent say they'd be dissuaded from seeing a movie that uses "Jesus Christ" as a swear.
  14. ISBN 978-0-9706526-6-9
    .
  15. ISSN 0028-6583
    . Retrieved 2022-12-27.

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