John 11:36 (YLT)

Passage

The Jews, therefore, said, `Lo, how he was loving him!'

Nearby Context

John 11:34 `Where have ye laid him?' they say to him, `Sir, come and see;'

John 11:35 Jesus wept.

John 11:36 The Jews, therefore, said, `Lo, how he was loving him!'

John 11:37 and certain of them said, `Was not this one, who did open the eyes of the blind man, able to cause that also this one might not have died?'

John 11:38 Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jews", "therefore", "said", and "loving". 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 35's "Jesus wept..." into verse 37's "and certain of them said Was not...", 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.