Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary John 11:38

"Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it." — John 11:38 (ASV)

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 aroused. He planned to fulfill his prediction to the disciples that the outcome of Lazarus’s death would be to the glory of God, as well as keep his promise to Martha that her brother would rise again. The burial place was a chamber cut in limestone rock and closed by a stone laid over the entrance.