John 11:36
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
- KJV
- Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
- WEB
- The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!”
- ASV
- The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!
- DARBY
- The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!
- BLB
- Therefore the Jews were saying, “Behold how He was loving him!”
- ÅB
- Jødene sa da: Se hvor han elsket ham!
- OTB
- Da sa de tilstedeværende: "Se hvor Han brydde seg om ham!"
- B1930
- Jødene sa da: Se hvor han elsket ham!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 11:3
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
Read in context1 John 3:1
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Read in contextRevelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Read in context1 John 4:9–10
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Read in contextEphesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Read in contextJohn 14:21–23
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:8–9
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
Read in contextEphesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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