• PER355 Jesus' dialogue with John and the women

    At the foot of the cross, Jesus entrusts his mother Mary to John, the beloved disciple (John 19.25-27). As the only gospel to report this scene, John stresses the courageous presence of the women and of John at Golgotha. This dialogue reveals a twofold significance: human, as Jesus fulfills his filial responsibilities, and spiritual, as he establishes a new family founded on faith rather than blood. John obeys immediately, bearing witness to his faithfulness.

    Matthew 26.56 (King James Version) :
    But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
    King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org
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