KJV ORIGINAL
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
When Jesus saw her crying and all the people with her crying too, something deep inside him just broke — he was genuinely upset and shaken by all the pain he was seeing.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Even Jesus felt the weight of human grief and let it hit him hard.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of John was likely authored by John, a disciple of Jesus, for a broad Christian audience around the late first century CE. It was written to present Jesus's divine nature and to inspire faith in him among its readers.
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