John 11:35
George Athas
gathas at mail.usyd.edu.au
Wed Jun 17 18:59:39 EDT 1998
Hi Edgar!
I would tend to say that Jesus probably wept out of sorrow more than
anger, for note the next verse (36):
ELEGON OUN hOI IOUDAIOI, IDE PWS EFILEI AUTON.
Some of the people obviously saw this as an act of sorrow - a man
weeping for a dead friend. The fact that others taunted Jesus at this
moment probably angered him, but I don't think that it was the reason
why he wept in the first place.
Cheers!
George Athas
PhD (Cand.), University of Sydney
Tutor of Hebrew, Moore Theological College
Phone: 0414 839 964 ICQ#: 5866591
Email: gathas at mail.usyd.edu.au
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