KJV King James Version
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
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John 11:36
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
WEB World English Bible
The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!”
ASV American Standard Version
The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The Jews, therefore, said, ‘Lo, how he was loving him!’
Surrounding context — John 11
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been [dead] four days.
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John 11:3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.Revelation 1:5And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,1 John 3:1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.1 John 4:9-10In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;John 14:21-23He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.2 Corinthians 8:8-9I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.John 21:15-17So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
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