text: the shortest verse in the bible is found in john ch.11 v35.? why did jesus weep?? it wasn't because lazarus had died as when he first learnd that lazarus was sick the bible states that he stayed in the same place where he was for another 2 days before returning to lazarus (john ch11. v6) any clues please. so, he wept.  was it the humanity in him that longed to know his friend was still there on earth with him?  was it his unknowable love for all mankind and his abhorrence for sin and it's consequences that made him morn over the death.  indeed he knew what he would do.  or perhaps he hadn't received instruction from god to go raise him yet, so he stayed put until that time.  did he have things that had to be done where he was at, knowing that a resurrection could take place at anytime if he so desired, and thus it could wait, yet still had to express the very real emotion of pain, sorrow, and sadness that sin has wrought upon all the world and the very essence of life itself?  things to consider, and answers in themselves.  like all the mysterious things jesus did (and does) it is for the glory of god. why was the blind man blind? because his parents sined? no, but instead so the power of god can come through and be glorified.  likewise, his waiting period before rushing to lazarus' grave was for the glory of god, and that all there might know that he is the son of god.  this seems to me the most logical and likely.  remembering gods ways are not our own.