John 11:37 (KJV)

Passage

And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

Nearby Context

John 11:35 Jesus wept.

John 11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

John 11:37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

John 11:38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

John 11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "some", "said", "opened", "eyes", "blind", "caused", "even", and "should". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "some" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "Then said the Jews Behold how he..." into verse 38's "Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh...", so "some" and "said" 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 "some" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.