Compassion means to suffer with

Compassion means to suffer with, to live with
those who suffer. When Jesus saw the woman of
Nain he realized, This is a widow who has lost
her only son, and he was moved by compassion.
He felt the pain of that woman in his guts.
He felt her pain so deeply in his spirit that
out of compassion he called the son to life so
he could give that son back to his mother.
- Henri J. M. Nouwen