John 11:35 (DBY)

Passage

Jesus wept.

Nearby Context

John 11:33 Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit, and was troubled,

John 11:34 and said, Where have ye put him? They say to him, Lord, come and see.

John 11:35 Jesus wept.

John 11:36 The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!

John 11:37 And some of them said, Could not this [man], who has opened the eyes of the blind [man], have caused that this [man] also should not have died?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus" and "wept". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "wept", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "and said Where have ye put him..." into verse 36's "The Jews therefore said Behold how he...", so "jesus" and "wept" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jesus" and "wept" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.