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Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
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A Son's Final Duty
Commentators emphasize that even while suffering unimaginable agony on the cross, Jesus demonstrated his humanity and compassion by ensuring his mother would be cared for. This act fulfills the command to honor one's parents and serves as a powerful example for believers to provide for their family in all circumstances.
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John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Behold thy mother! One who is to be to you as a mother. The fact that she was the mother of Jesus would secure John's kindness, and the fa…
Unto his own home (εις τα ιδια). See this same idiom and sense in 1:11; 16:32; Acts 21:6. John had a lodging in Jerusal…
19th Century
Anglican
Behold your mother!—The solemn committal is a double one. The loving heart of the disciple should find, as well as give, …
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Baptist
And the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother. Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!…
The harsh brutality of the scene is softened by the allusion to Jesus’ care for his mother. Four women are mentioned here: Mary, the wife of Clopas…
16th Century
Protestant
The disciple took her to his own home. It is a sign of the reverence owed by a disciple to his master, that John so readily obeys…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then says he to the disciple The same disciple John:
behold your mother ; take…
Here are some remarkable circumstances of Jesus' death, more fully related than before. Pilate would not gratify the chief priests by allowing the …
13th Century
Catholic
The Evangelist has just told of Christ’s crucifixion; now he mentions the events that accompanied and followed it.
First, as they …
