John 11:38

Jesus therefore groaning in himself,.... Not only through grief, just coming up to the grave, where his dear friend lay, but through an holy anger and indignation at the malice and wickedness of the…

It was a cave - This was a common mode of burial. See the notes at Mat 8:28. A stone lay upon it - Over the mouth of the cave. See Mat 27:60.

It was a cave, etc. - It is likely that several of the Jewish burying-places were made in the sides of rocks; some were probably dug down like a well from the upper surface, and then hollowed under…

Here we have, I. Christ's tender sympathy with his afflicted friends, and the share he took to himself in their sorrows, which appeared three ways: -

1. By the inward groans and troubles of his…

groaning in himself See on Joh 11:11. This shews that - inHis spirit" not - atHis spirit" is the right translation there. Their sneering scepticism rouses His indignation afresh.

to the grave See on…