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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Joh_11:30-37
30Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him. 31Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." 33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, 34and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." 35Jesus wept. 36So the Jews were saying, "See how He loved him!" 37But some of them said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?"
Joh_11:30 This is another eyewitness detail of the Apostolic author.
Joh_11:33
NASB "He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled"
NKJV "He groaned in the spirit and was troubled"
NRSV "He was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved"
TEV "His heart was touched, and he was deeply moved"
NJB "Jesus was greatly distressed, and with a profound sigh"
This is literally "snorted in the spirit." This idiom was usually used of anger (cf. Dan_11:30 [LXX]; Mar_1:43; Mar_14:5). But in this context a translation showing deep emotion is to be preferred (cf. Joh_11:38). Although some commentators see this strong emotion, possibly anger, directed at death, Jesus had truly human emotions (cf. Joh_11:33; Joh_11:35-36; Joh_11:38) and shows them here for his friends.
Joh_11:35 "Jesus wept" This is the shortest verse in the Bible. Death was not God's will for this planet. It is the result of human rebellion. Jesus feels the pain of the loss of a loved one. He feels for the life experiences of all His followers!
The weeping of Jesus was a quiet, personal kind, not the public wailing mentioned in Joh_11:33.
Joh_11:37 This question expects a "yes" answer. This was Martha's opinion in Joh_11:21 and Mary's in Joh_11:32.