John 11:35

Wept. Gr. dakruo, “to shed tears.” The word occurs only here in the NT. In the LXX it occurs in Job 3:24; Eze. 27:35; Micah 2:6. The word for “weeping” in John 11:33 is klaid, a word that describes not only subdued weeping but also the wailing that commonly accompanied Oriental mourning for the dead (see on v. 33). Klaid, however, appears in Luke 19:41, but in another sense.

In His humanity Jesus was touched with human sorrow, and wept with the sorrowing. “Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren” (Heb. 2:17). Because of His identification with humanity “he is able to succour them that are tempted” Heb. 2:18. For a discussion of the humanity of Jesus see on Luke 2:52; John 1:14. For a discussion of the cause of Jesus tears see DA 533, 534.