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Contributed by Phil Spadaro
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Thursday, 23 July 2009 |
 John 11 uses emotionally intense words
many times to describe Jesus' feelings. John also gives us a glimpse
into how the Christ responded emotionally to particular situations.
If discipleship calls us to imitate the Messiah then these are clues
as to what our emotional perspective should be.
Twice in John 11 Jesus' emotion is
described as “angry” or “intensely moved”. (HCSB, NetBible)
The exact word is not the issue but the intensity and depth of the
emotion is to be noted. A translator's note on verse 33 in the
NetBible reads as follows;
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