Sharing is Caring

Seven words on the cross (3)         [John 19:25-27]       This is the third word Jesus spoke on the cross: “…   ‘Woman, behold, your son!’  …  ‘Behold, your mother!’” (Jn. 19:26-27)    Look at John 19:25-27: “Therefore the soldiers did these things.  But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.  When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son!’  Then He said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother!’  From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.”  Looking at these words, we can see that there were four women and one man by the cross of Jesus.   First, I would like to think of four women: (1) “His mother” refers to Mary, the mother of the crucified Jesus.   (2) “His mother’s sister” is “Salome” (...