John 11:39 (GNV)

Passage

Iesus saide, Take ye away the stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, said vnto him, Lord, he stinketh alreadie: for he hath bene dead foure dayes.

Nearby Context

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.

John 11:39 Iesus saide, Take ye away the stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, said vnto him, Lord, he stinketh alreadie: for he hath bene dead foure dayes.

John 11:40 Iesus saide vnto her, Saide I not vnto thee, that if thou diddest beleeue, thou shouldest see the glorie of God?

John 11:41 Then they tooke away the stone from the place where the dead was layde. And Iesus lift vp his eyes, and saide, Father, I thanke thee, because thou hast heard me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iesus", "saide", "take", "away", "stone", "martha", "sister", and "dead". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iesus" and "saide", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 38's "Iesus therefore againe groned in himselfe and..." into verse 40's "Iesus saide vnto her Saide I not...", so "iesus" and "saide" 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 "iesus" and "saide" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.