John 11:36 (GNV)

Passage

Then saide the Iewes, Beholde, how he loued him.

Nearby Context

John 11:34 And saide, Where haue ye layde him? They said vnto him, Lord, come and see.

John 11:35 And Iesus wept.

John 11:36 Then saide the Iewes, Beholde, how he loued him.

John 11:37 And some of them saide, Coulde not he, which opened the eyes of the blinde, haue made also, that this man should not haue died?

John 11:38 Iesus therefore againe groned in himselfe, and came to the graue. And it was a caue, and a stone was layde vpon it.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "And Iesus wept..." into verse 37's "And some of them saide Coulde not...", so "saide" and "iewes" 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 "saide" and "iewes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.