When Jesus saw her crying, and he also saw the Jews who’d come along with her crying, it made him angry and distressed that death caused so much sorrow.
“But now I’m deeply distressed. What should I say? ‘Father, keep me from having to go through with this’? No, this is the very reason why I’ve come to this point in my life.
Jesus looked around at all of them angrily. He was upset because their hearts were so stubborn. Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” When he stretched it out, his hand became as good as new.
We don’t have a high priest who can’t feel what we feel when we’re weak. Instead, we have a high priest who has been tempted in every way just as we are, but without sinning.
When the Jews who’d been comforting Mary in the house noticed that she’d gotten up quickly and gone out, they followed her. They thought she was going to the tomb to mourn there.