When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
- KJV When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
- NKJV When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!”
- NASB So when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
- NLT When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son.”
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Quick answer
From the cross Jesus entrusts his mother to the beloved disciple's care. Even in agony he attends to family duty and love.
Overview
The 'disciple whom he loved' is traditionally John, the Gospel's author. Addressing Mary as 'Woman' (a term of respect, as at Cana, 2:4), Jesus arranges her care, honoring the commandment to honor one's parents (Exodus 20:12). His thoughtfulness in extreme suffering reveals a love that does not forget the needs of his own.
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Cross-references · 6
- John 21:24This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.
- John 13:23One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.
- John 2:4“Woman, why does this concern us?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
- John 21:7Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.
- John 20:2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”
- John 21:20Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”
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