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I think that Jesus weeping is because of the serious consequences that sin has brought on God's creation. The wages of sin is death, and here Christ is at the tomb, confronted with the reason why He must go to the cross.
Notice also that the Greek word underlying "wept" in verse 35 is different from the word used in verse 33 when they are weeping for the dead. Verse 35 is "dakruo", not "klaio." So it's more directly that Jesus "shed tears" than that He "wept" in the same sense of verse 33.
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Larry Bray
Elder - Reformed Presbyterian Church of Boothwyn, PCA
Boothwyn, PA - http://www.rpcb.org/ Free Online Reformed Seminary - http://www.tnars.net
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“The Christian must not be of such a complying nature as to cut the coat of his profession according to the fashion of the times…" - William Gurnall
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