Again groaning in himself (παλιν εμβριμωμενος εν εαυτω). Direct reference to the use of this same word (present middle participle …

It was a cave. This was a common mode of burial. See Barnes on Matthew 8:28.

A stone lay upon it. Over the mouth of the cav…

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself.—See Note on John 11:33. Their evil thoughts, expressed in John 11:37, are the …

Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that ev…

St. John Chrysostom: Christ did not answer Mary as He had answered her sister, because of the people present. In condescension…

The repetition of “deeply moved” from v.33 shows that Jesus was still under the same emotional tension that his first contact with the mourners had…

Jesus therefore again groaning within himself. Christ does not approach the tomb as an idle spectator, but as a champion who prepares for …

Jesus therefore groaning in himself
Not only through grief, just coming up to the grave, where his dear friend lay, …

Christ's tender sympathy with these afflicted friends appeared in the troubles of His spirit. In all the afflictions of believers, He is afflicted.…

1. After giving certain preambles to the raising of Lazarus, the Evangelist now presents the raising itself. He considers four things:

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