John 11:35 Jesus wept.
Most Christians learned it by heart and knew that this is the shortest verse in the whole Bible. As short as it might seem, the meaning behind His weeping is a deep one. Did I ask myself why?
This incident happened when John died and Jesus was four days late. Bust Jesus knew that He can raise him, and he will be alive, after knowing all those things he is going to do, why did Jesus weep? I am not certain about the reason why Jesus wept. This incident proved to me He is 100% God and 100% human.
We can see that though He knew He can raise John as God, at the same time He also felt the pain of separation from dear ones. He was empathizing with John’s dear ones (Mary, Martha, etc). He also sees you and me on that day already and knew death was an inevitable part of human life and all will go through this pang of separation from our dear ones. He was there that day and He can raise John, but you and I cannot raise physically again after death so this makes Him wept.
So, to raise you and me after death, to be with Him, He endured it till the end on the cross. And He goes through the pang of separation from His Father. So that you and I can be with Him. He goes through this pang of separation from His Father, so He understands the pang one goes through by death. My dear, I just want to let you know today that you can be 100% sure that He can empathize with us. No matter what you go through, even if it is a pang of death.
“The word of God, how short it might seem’ is embedded with a deep meaning, handle it with reverence.”- Nei