Jesus wept.

John 11:30-44



My grandfather kept a bible on the music cabinet. In the bible was a list written in his exquisite copperplate of memorable verses. One item on the list was "the shortest verse, John 11: 35". It is not so short in the version in the link but in the King James Authorised version it is just two words simple words "Jesus wept".
Jesus knew the outcome yet he was at one with the sisters emotions that he entered into their grief. I was trying to rationalize this this morning. I thought that perhaps it is slightly like me watching a movie or reading a book. I can cry yet I can guess that the end may well be that all live happily ever after. Yet I cry.
Jesus knows the end of the story but he is there feeling our every hurt.