John 11:33

John 11:33 says, When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.  When Jesus saw Mary and the Jews weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.  Jesus's groaning in the spirit may have been caused by His seeing their weeping instead of believing in Him.  By their attitude and actions, they had already given up on Jesus.  Even though He was there, He was too late in their view.  When we give up on Jesus, we too cause Him to groan in the spirit.  If we look at events and say it is hopeless, that God failed us, we can be sure that He groans.  Jesus knew He would defeat death and give everlasting life, but Mary and the Jews still seemed to be more concerned with the physical than the spiritual aspect of life.  This would be enough to trouble Jesus.  Our lack of faith in Him when things don't go the way we want today is sure to be troubling.  We have the assurance that the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, is with us always, yet we still ask why God wasn't there for us.  Verse thirty-four adds, And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.  Jesus asked them where they had laid the body, and they said for Him to come and see.  Jesus really didn't have to see where Lazarus was buried to resurrect him.  He does not have to see where people are physically buried today to resurrect them.  Verse thirty-five adds, Jesus wept. The shortest verse in the Bible, in most translations says Jesus wept.  He was human and was a man of many sorrows, but I don't think He was weeping for Lazarus.  He knew what was about to occur with Lazarus, so there would be no need for tears.  I believe He wept for the fact that His friends were weeping without waiting to see what He would do.  How often today do we shed tears of doubt without waiting for God to act?  Does our lack of faith at times cause Jesus to weep over us?