John 19:26

Modern

When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

Traditional

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

Literal

Therefore Jesus, having seen His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing by, says to His mother, “Woman, behold your son.”

Latin

Cum vidisset ergo Jesus matrem, et discipulum stantem, quem diligebat, dicit matri suæ: Mulier, ecce filius tuus.

Greek

English

When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

This is the only reference to the sister of the mother of Jesus in the New Testament. She might have been the wife of Zebedee and the mother of James and John (compare Matthew 27:56). This would make Jesus and John cousins. If so, it would help explain why Jesus asked the disciple he loved (John) to care for Mary (John’s aunt).
This is the only place that mentions Mary, the wife of Clopas. She might be the same as Mary, the mother of James and Joseph (compare Matthew 27:56).
Jesus healed Mary Magdalene, a woman from the village of Magdala (Mark 16:9; Luke 8:2).
Woman was a respectful and polite way of speaking in that culture (see John 2:4).

Theme notes and profiles

John 21:24
This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.
John 13:23
One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.
John 2:4
“Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
John 20:2
So 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 21:7
Then 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 21:20
Peter 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?”

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world