The Greek says John “took her to his own”. No mention in the text of a home in Jerusalem. Jesus wasn’t making temporary lodging and travel arrangements when he said, “John, there is you mother ... Woman, there is your son.” A few moments before his death.
**Jesus wasn’t making temporary lodging and travel arrangements**
LOL! I agree to that. But what about Joseph, were they going to live separate? He came with to the passover feast when Jesus Christ was 12, so I’m supposing that he had passed away.
In Matthew 1:25 (AFTER 7 verses have made it quite clear that this is Mary’s first experience with pregnancy) we are told that Jesus is her ‘firstborn’. Seems to me that the inspired writer knew that there were ‘kin’ around at the time of the writing, and that they would have taken issue with him writing “she brought forth her only child”.
Since I believe that Joseph “knew her not TILL she brought forth her firstborn son..”, and that the ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’ were really his half brothers and half sisters, I think the Lord showed his wisdom in the commands given to his mother and John. John was obviously one of the closest, if not the closest of his disciples. By this decision, there would be no envy between the brothers and sisters about who was chosen to house and look after Mary. God’s wisdom also is showed in that these brothers and sisters are only alluded to, so as to not be treated as celebrities (for lack of a better word).
As power of attorney (the way it’s written), I have the legal authority to assign someone other than my siblings to look after my parents. Out of the three, I KNOW two of them would throw a fit if the other was chosen.
I will cease on the subject for now, though, since I’m already robbing myself of much needed rest. (in 6hrs the 18 wheeler must be rolling once again)