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1 | He wept not for their grief | John 11:35 | Makarios | 56532 | ||
Excellent reflective commentary on this verse, teragram123! | ||||||
2 | He wept not for their grief | John 11:35 | Mommapbs | 157794 | ||
Makarios - I'd like to offer another reflection on this verse. The follow verse says, "See how He loved him." This prompts me to see another possible reality through the tears of Jesus. I'm thinking that He didn't weep for the immediate, present reality of this tomb. I see Jesus weep because of His love for the whole world (John 3:16) and the reality of eternal separation for those whom He loves but who reject Him.(Heb 10:29-31) I'm also wondering if this might be considered an example of "the fear of the Lord?" Blessings, mommapbs |
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3 | He wept not for their grief | John 11:35 | Makarios | 157805 | ||
Greetings Mommapbs! Thank you for your followup to one of my past posts! I'm not sure that I understand how "the fear of the Lord," as mentioned in Deut. 6:2, 10:12, 14:23, 17:19, 28:58, 31:12; Joshua 4:24; 2 Chronicles 19:9; Psalm 19:9; Proverbs 1:7, 8:13, 9:10, 10:27, 14:26-27, 15:16,33, 19:23, 22:4, 23:17; Isaiah 8:13, 11:3; Malachi 3:5; Acts 9:31, 19:17; and in 2 Corinthians 5:11 has anything to do with Jesus weeping in John 11:35.. Would you mind explaining your thoughts a little bit further? I appreciate your input! Blessings to you, Makarios |
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4 | He wept not for their grief | John 11:35 | Mommapbs | 157836 | ||
Greetings - Prov 9:10 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." As the God-Man, Did Jesus experience fear? I refer to His humanity expressed in Heb 2:14-18 and also His statement, "I and the Father are One" John 1:30 . . . As part of the Godhead, Jesus did not fear death as eternal separation from the Father . . . but standing before the tomb of Lazarus, I wonder if He looked ahead to the tomb of eternity where He would be separated eternally from those whom He loved and gave His life for? Might this be cause for Him to weep? This is a kind of fear co-exisitng with faith; faith in the promise of God that unbelievers will not enter His rest (Heb 3:11-12) Therefore, this is a fear based upon faith (as a sure thing to be believed) belonging to the Lord . . . Am I taking too great a liberty here? |
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5 | He wept not for their grief | John 11:35 | BradK | 157837 | ||
Hi mommapbs, You ask an interesting question and I do not see it as "taking too great a liberty"! Though I don't find any direct references to Jesus experiencing fear, I think it reasonable to allow that He could have. There are 25 Proofs of the Humanity of Christ listed in Willmingtons' Book of Bible lists. They are: "1. He had a human parentage. Luke 1:31; Gal. 4:4 2. He had a human body. Matt. 26:12 3. He looked like a man. John 4:9 4. He possessed flesh and blood. Heb. 2:14 5. He grew. Luke 2:40 6. He asked questions. Luke 2:46 7. He increased in wisdom. Luke 2:52 8. He prayed. Mark 1:35; Luke 11:1 9. He was tempted. Matt. 4:1; Heb. 2:18; 4:15 10. He learned obedience. Heb. 5:8 11. He hungered. Matt. 4:2; 21:18 12. He thirsted. John 4:7; 19:28 13. He was weary. John 4:6 14. He slept. Matt. 8:24 15. He loved. Mark 10:21 16. He had compassion. Matt. 9:36 17. He was angered and grieved. Mark 3:5 18. He wept. John 11:35; Luke 19:41 19. He experienced joy. Heb. 12:2; Luke 10:21 20. He was troubled. Mark 14:33–34; John 11:33; 12:27; 13:21 21. He sweat drops as of blood. Luke 22:44 22. He suffered. 1 Pet. 4:1 23. He bled. John 19:34 24. He died. Matt. 27:50; 1 Cor. 15:3 25. He was buried. Matt. 27:59–60 Getting back to the Hebrews 2 reference, we do know that one of the qualifications as Mediator was He had to be a man, and that He should be able to sympathize in all the infirmities of his people, and that He should be united to them in a common nature. Further, Christ entered heaven as our forerunner according to Heb. 6:20! I don't know if this answers your question, but I trust it will help:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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6 | He wept not for their grief | John 11:35 | Mommapbs | 157849 | ||
Thanks BradK - Great list for reference!! In a book my Pastor has written he suggests contrary to the popular axiom, "fear is the absence of faith", that faith and fear can and do co-exist. I suispect that we need to "see" fear differently though. I'm still processing this a bit. See Heb 10:31. Blessings on your day. mommapbs |
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