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Jesus wept (edakrusen ho Iēsous). Ingressive first aorist active indicative of dakruō, old verb from dakru or dakruon, a tear (Act 20:19), only here in N.T. It never means to wail, as klaiō sometimes does. “Jesus burst into tears.” Klaiō is used of Jesus in Luk 19:41. See Heb 5:7 “with strong crying and tears” (meta kraugēs kai dakruōn). Apparently this was as Jesus started towards (see Joh 11:38) the tomb. In a sense it was a reaction from the severe strain in Joh 11:33, but chiefly it was the sheer human sympathy of his heart with Martha and Mary touched with the feeling of our common weakness (Heb 4:15). Often all that we can do is to shed tears in grief too deep for words. Jesus understood and understands. This is the shortest verse in the Bible, but no verse carries more meaning in it.