John 11:45 (LSB)

Passage

Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.

Nearby Context

John 11:43 And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth.”

John 11:44 The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

John 11:45 Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.

John 11:46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

John 11:47 Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Sanhedrin together, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is doing many signs.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "jews", "came", "mary", "done", and "believed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "jews", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 44's "The man who had died came forth..." into verse 46's "But some of them went to the...", so "therefore" and "jews" 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 "therefore" and "jews" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.