John 11:38 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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,

John 11:39 Jesus saith, `Take ye away the stone;' the sister of him who hath died--Martha--saith to him, `Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;'

John 11:40 Jesus saith to her, `Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "therefore", "again", "groaning", "himself", "cometh", "tomb", and "cave". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 37's "and certain of them said Was not..." into verse 39's "Jesus saith Take ye away the stone...", so "jesus" 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 "jesus" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.