[OLD REGGIE]

The words were “Woman, behold thy son”. And it was Christ addressing Mary.

Catholics view “behold thy mother” as Jesus commissioning His mother to be the Mother of all Christians, and by giving her to John who personifies the Christian people, He commands us to accept her as our own mother.

Matthew 12:
[48] But he replied to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"
[49] And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Many mothers, many brothers.

[SoothingDave]

Many mothers, many brothers.

Are you suggesting, then, that the Apostle John, after the Crucifixion, took in a great crowd of people and cared for them?

Of course not.

Many verses, many interpretations.

SD