Son behold thy mother, mother behold thy son doesn’t apply to you?
>>Son behold thy mother, mother behold thy son doesn’t apply to you?<<
I assume you are referring to John 19: 26,27:
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
I think this is pretty straightforward, He was telling the disciple (arguably, John) to take care of His mother. Makes total sense, especially if her husband had passed away or was otherwise unable to see to her needs.
There is so much the Bible does not say about the life of Jesus, and there is a tremendous temptation to try to fill in those gaps based on real stretches of the meaning of fairly plain and straightforward comments.
It may be why one bible translates the above words, in modern plain English, to say: When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son.” And he said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from then on this disciple took her into his home.
Too many people are like the man in “Life of Brian” that, when brian loses a sandal, interprets it to mean “we are all to remove one sandal”
It is the same error that Pre-Tribulationists make when they interpret the beginning of Revelation 4 to be the rapture. Personally, I think there is much more support for Revelation 7:9 addressing an event like that, but that’s just me. I don’t have complete knowledge “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12