Lazarus II

Jesus wept.

The shortest verse in the Bible
Makes no sense.

I have no doubt that Jesus, man of sorrows,
Entered into pain.

But here he had declared
That God and the Son of God would be glorified,

That Lazarus was dead,
And that he went to waken him.

Then he wept, minutes before raising the dead.
He had just seen Mary, and those with her, weeping.

Grieving for his friend’s pain,
For humanity that suffers under death.

Hebrews tells us that Jesus was made perfect through suffering.
In context, clearly this speaks of his death.

But I wonder: did that suffering begin now,
Seeing what his mother would feel when he died?