Behold Your Mother

25 (A)Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of (B)Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and (C)the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, (D)“Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her (E)to his own home.

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25 Near the cross(A) of Jesus stood his mother,(B) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.(C) 26 When Jesus saw his mother(D) there, and the disciple whom he loved(E) standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[a] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:26 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.

55 And many women (A)who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar,

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55 Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.(A)

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40 (A)There were also women looking on (B)from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome,

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40 Some women were watching from a distance.(A) Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph,[a] and Salome.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 15:40 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph; also in verse 47

49 (A)But all His acquaintances, and the women who followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

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49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee,(A) stood at a distance,(B) watching these things.

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