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因为耶稣所行的许多神迹，我们很容易知道祂是神。但这段经文在提醒我们耶稣的人性。这里，在约翰福音12章，耶稣告诉门徒们祂心里很“忧愁”。祂知道祂必须承受死在十字架上的痛苦——肉身和灵里的痛苦，因为祂一人承受了全人类的罪。想到这一点，祂就心里忧愁。

作为读者，我们的感受如何呢？耶稣经历了像这样软弱的一刻，这对我们意味着什么呢？

耶稣作为完全的神，祂承担了我们从过去到将来所有的罪，完全洁净我们。祂为罪的赎价作了唯一、终极的献祭——因为祂是完全的神，这才成为可能。

然而，因为耶稣也是完全的人，所以祂经历了情绪、忧愁，甚至是深深的质疑。在这个时刻，以及其他类似的时刻，我们看到神对我们的爱以一种新的方式显明出来。

我们注意到，尽管耶稣有这些感受，祂仍然选择了顺服神。祂不是没有感情地忍受着十字架。祂感受到疼痛——这疼痛远超过我们的想像。尽管耶稣经历了疼痛，祂仍是信实的，祂委身于神救赎我们的计划，委身于修复世界的事工。（参约 3:16）祂对我们的爱是何等伟大！

It's easy for us to know that Jesus is God because of all his miracles. But this episode reminds us of Jesus' humanity. Here, in John 12, Jesus tells the disciples that his soul is “troubled.” He knows the pain that he must endure by dying on a cross—both physically and spiritually—as he bears the weight of all human sin on himself. Thinking about that leaves him feeling troubled.

How does this feel to us as readers? What does it say to us that Jesus experienced a moment of weakness like this?

As one who is fully God, Jesus absorbed all the sin we have done and will ever do, in order to cleanse us completely. He is the one, final sacrifice for the payment of sin—and that is only possible because he is fully God.

But because he is also fully human, Jesus experienced emotion, a troubled soul, and even deep questions. At this moment, and in others like it, we see the depth of God's love for us revealed in a new way.

Notice that in spite of these feelings, Jesus remained obedient. He did not stoically bear the cross without feeling. It hurt—far more than we can imagine.And yet in spite of the pain, Jesus remained faithful, committed to God's mission of redeeming us and restoring the world .(John 3:16) How great is his love for us!