Title: Behold, Your Mother (3)
Series: The Sayings of Jesus on the Cross
Author: Jonathan McLeod
Text: John 19:26-27
Famous Last Words
Our current series is on the last words of Jesus, the seven sayings of Jesus on the cross.
When a person dies, we often want to know their last words. Sometimes last words are powerful. Sometimes they're funny. And sometimes they're strange.
- "Give me my glasses." - Mark Twain
- "One last drink, please." - Jack Daniel
- "Well, folks, you'll soon see a baked apple." - George Appel, an American murderer, prior to execution by electrocution
- "Me mudder did it." - Arnold Rothstein, American mobster, when asked who had fatally shot him
- "Give my love to Mother." - Francis Crowley, American murderer, prior to execution by electrocution
- "You are wonderful." - Arthur Conan Doyle, spoken to his wife in their garden; he proceeded to clutch his chest and die
The third saying of Jesus on the cross is found in John 19:26-27: "When Jesus 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!"
What do these words of Jesus on the cross tell us about him?
The Death of a Mother's Son
Four women are standing near the cross of Jesus: "his mother [Mary] and his mother's sister [possibly Salmome, John's mother], Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene" (v. 25).
There's a contrast between these four believing women and the four unbelieving soldiers, who are gambling for Jesus' clothing. The big prize is the tunic, which is "seamless" (v. 23). (One commentator wonders if this tunic had been made by Mary.)
Also near the cross is "the disciple whom [Jesus] loved" (v. 26; cf. 13:23; 20:2; 21:20). The unnamed disciple is John, the author of this Gospel.
When Jesus sees his mother and John standing there, he says to Mary, "Woman, behold, your son!" (v. 26). And then he says to John, "Be ...
Series: The Sayings of Jesus on the Cross
Author: Jonathan McLeod
Text: John 19:26-27
Famous Last Words
Our current series is on the last words of Jesus, the seven sayings of Jesus on the cross.
When a person dies, we often want to know their last words. Sometimes last words are powerful. Sometimes they're funny. And sometimes they're strange.
- "Give me my glasses." - Mark Twain
- "One last drink, please." - Jack Daniel
- "Well, folks, you'll soon see a baked apple." - George Appel, an American murderer, prior to execution by electrocution
- "Me mudder did it." - Arnold Rothstein, American mobster, when asked who had fatally shot him
- "Give my love to Mother." - Francis Crowley, American murderer, prior to execution by electrocution
- "You are wonderful." - Arthur Conan Doyle, spoken to his wife in their garden; he proceeded to clutch his chest and die
The third saying of Jesus on the cross is found in John 19:26-27: "When Jesus 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!"
What do these words of Jesus on the cross tell us about him?
The Death of a Mother's Son
Four women are standing near the cross of Jesus: "his mother [Mary] and his mother's sister [possibly Salmome, John's mother], Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene" (v. 25).
There's a contrast between these four believing women and the four unbelieving soldiers, who are gambling for Jesus' clothing. The big prize is the tunic, which is "seamless" (v. 23). (One commentator wonders if this tunic had been made by Mary.)
Also near the cross is "the disciple whom [Jesus] loved" (v. 26; cf. 13:23; 20:2; 21:20). The unnamed disciple is John, the author of this Gospel.
When Jesus sees his mother and John standing there, he says to Mary, "Woman, behold, your son!" (v. 26). And then he says to John, "Be ...
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