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Was Jesus feeling deep anger near Lazarus' tomb?

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New Living Translation, Jn 11:

34 When Jesus saw [Mary] weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled.
English Standard Version:

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.
He was deeply moved
ἐνεβριμήσατο (enebrimēsato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1690: From en and brimaomai; to have indignation on, i.e. to blame, to sigh with chagrin, to sternly enjoin.

Strong's Greek: 1690. ἐμβριμάομαι (embrimaomai) — 5 Occurrences

G1690 had a few nuances. BDAG:
① insist on someth. sternly, warn sternly
② As an expr. of anger and displeasure
③ to feel strongly about someth., be deeply moved

On Biblehub, 19 versions used "deeply moved"; only 3 said "anger" or "angry".

NLT:

34 “Where have you put him?” he asked them.
They told him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Then Jesus wept.
Jesus wept. I don't think he was angry.

36 The people who were standing nearby said, “See how much he loved him!” 37 But some said, “This man healed a blind man. Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance. 39 “Roll the stone aside,” Jesus told them.
I don't think Jesus had a fit of sustained deep anger during that time; rather, he was deeply moved by the situation.