Good Grief
"Jesus wept." ( John 11:35 ) I don't think it's any accident that this is the only two-word sentence in the Bible, making it the tome's shortest and therefore securing its spot as a prime piece of Bible trivia that even non-Christians might know. I think God wanted this sentence to stand out so that we would take note. He wanted us to know that is was there. The context of the verse is this: Jesus was very good friends with two sisters and their brother. While Jesus was in a different town, He received a message from the sisters that their brother was very sick. Jesus declared right away that the sickness would not end in death, but by the time He got to their town, His friend had been dead for four days. When the sisters and some of their friends came out to meet Him, they were weeping. Jesus was moved to tears, and He wept with them. Then Jesus shocked everyone by going to His friend's tomb and commanding him to come out, and that once-reeking corpse, al...