John 11:31 (YLT)

Passage

the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying--`She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'

Nearby Context

John 11:29 she, when she heard, riseth up quickly, and doth come to him;

John 11:30 and Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was in the place where Martha met him;

John 11:31 the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying--`She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'

John 11:32 Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;'

John 11:33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jews", "therefore", "house", "comforting", "having", "seen", "mary", and "rose". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jews" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "and Jesus had not yet come to..." into verse 32's "Mary therefore when she came where Jesus...", so "jews" and "therefore" 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 "jews" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.