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"Jesus wept" doesn't mean what I thought it meant (He was furious) 😭

We all know John 11:35, the shortest verse in the Bible: "Jesus wept." Whenever I faced loss, people used this verse to tell me that Jesus is sad when we are sad. And that's true. But I just dug into the original Greek word used to describe His emotions at Lazarus' tomb: enebrimesato. It doesn't mean a quiet, sorrowful weeping. It literally translates to snorting with anger, like a warhorse preparing for battle. He was shuddering with rage. Jesus wasn't just mourning; He was furious. He was looking at the devastation, the grief, and the horrific reality of death, and He hated it. He was angry at what sin had done to His beautiful creation. When we lose the people we love, or when illness destroys our bodies, it is deeply comforting to know that God doesn't just casually pity us. He shares our absolute outrage at death. And then, He defeats it. #JesusWept #GriefAndHope #VictoryOverDeath #ChristianComfort #Faith