"Woman Behold Thy Son"... "Behold, Thy Mother" (John 19: 26-27) (April 7 2023)
"Woman Behold Thy Son"... "Behold, Thy Mother" (John 19: 26-27) That was the day when most of the male followers were gone. Women and the beloved disciple stayed close to the cross where Jesus was crucified. After three years of working on proclaiming the good news together, they were what had left for Jesus at his very last day. In the Bible, most women do not have a name. But here, we know most of them. They are Jesus’ mother, Mary, Jesus’s aunty, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. But rarely, a man’s name is unknown. Preachers at the Seven Last Words Good Friday Service, Mont Clare UCC Who could the unnamed beloved disciple be? This is the person that laid down in Jesus’ chest, talked to Jesus directly and closely, when the rest of the male disciples ran away from the crucified Jesus, only this beloved disciple stayed, and Jesus trusted this unknown disciple so much and asked him to take good care of Mary, and respect her as his own mother? I wo