Jesus Laughed.
Jesus laughed. This sentence is found nowhere in Scripture. "Jesus wept." is found in John 11:35 and is the shortest verse in the Bible. Besides this being the shortest verse in Scripture, we can be well assured that Jesus experienced all emotions, including laughter or light-heartedness and joy.
The depiction many receive of Jesus is from Isaiah 53:2-3.....
"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem."This portrait of Jesus is justified because His mission was a serious and critical one, plus He was all about His Father's business. "Traditionally, paintings of Jesus have tended toward melancholy portrayals of a somber, glum Savior. It is true that Jesus became our Sin-bearer (1 Peter 2:24) and that He “was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain” (Isaiah 53:3). Jesus was rejected in His hometown (Mark 6:1–6), He wept at a friend’s graveside (John 11:35), and of course He experienced the cross. However, this does not mean Jesus never had a lighthearted moment or that He never had occasion to laugh." [https://www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-ever-laugh.html]
However, His Father's business, the Heavenly Father's business took Jesus to the likes of parties and celebrations where there was joy and laughter. "The picture of Jesus that we find in the Gospels is one of a well-rounded, magnetic personality. He carried children in His arms—and what child wants to be around someone who never laughs (Mark 10:16)? He was accused of being too joyful on occasion (Luke 7:34)."
[https://www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-ever-laugh.html]
Jesus Christ is The Creator in human form. Since man and woman are made in His image (Genesis 1:26), He wired emotions within us. Therefore, the God-Man also had and has the full range of emotions and Jesus Laughed.
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