Lazarus has just died and Jesus has just been speaking to his sister, Martha, about the resurrection.
John 11: 28-31, Jesus calls for Mary
After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.”
29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.
31 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
Lazarus has just died and Jesus has just been speaking to his sister, Martha, about the resurrection.
John 11: 32-37, Jesus wept
When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.
“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Why does Jesus weep? Why is he moved? Evil and death are painful. Even if they have a purpose, there is pain and suffering to be endured and Jesus appears to endure it with Mary and Martha.
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