Jesus wept (Greek: ἐδάκρυσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς) is a phrase famous for being the shortest verse in the King James Version of the Bible, as well as many other versions, though it is not the shortest in the original languages. It is found in the Gospel of John, chapter 11, verse 35.
Verse breaks – or versification – were introduced to the biblical text by Robert Estienne in 1551 in order to make the texts easier to read and to memorize.
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“Jesus wept.”
—Bible: New Testament John, 11:35.
The shortest verse in the Bible; refers to Jesus’ grief at the death of Lazarus, whom he raised from the dead after four days.
“This one fact the world hates; that the soul becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief;”
—William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)