‘Jesus therefore again, groaning in himself, comes to the tomb.'
Jesus was still ‘deeply angry and troubled'. Note how it is emphasised a second time. This is a reminder that He was facing up to something that none of us or of those present could conceive. He saw the incredible power of death brought about by man's sin. He saw what the Evil One had accomplished. And He saw the inevitable consequences for Himself as He would bear on Himself the sins of the world. All this was involved in His raising Lazarus.
In this anguish He approached the cave where the corpse of Lazarus was lying. John emphasises the great sorrow of heart Jesus was experiencing, and we must therefore stress again that this was no ordinary mourning. It is clear that the pressure of His approaching suffering was on Him, and an awareness of His coming struggle with the forces of evil. Even as these men disputed it reminded Him of their compatriots who were plotting His death. But the anger, as we have already seen, was levelled not so much at this as at sin and its consequences, at the evil heart of man who does evil continually, at Satan who keeps men in bondage and bears great responsibility for this situation, at these men who dispute over a tomb and yet will not open their eyes to see the truth, at all that death means as the last enemy. And even as He was reminded of it He wept, for He was human.