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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Famous quotes containing the words jesus and/or wept:
“You give them something to eat.””
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 6:37.
Jesus to the apostles after they tried to get Jesus to feed the crowd.
“But, truly, I have wept too much! The dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.”
—Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891)