John 19:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then saith he to the disciple,Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. ”

• John 19:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Behold thy mother! - One who is to be to thee as a mother. The fact that she was the mother of Jesus would secure the kindness of John, and the fact that she was now intrusted to him demanded of...

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• John 19:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Crucifixion. The statement that Jesus bears His own cross corrects, or at least supplements, the Synoptic story of Simon of Cyrene. It may have been added to show that the Johannine Christ need...

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• John 19:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  from . Greek. apo. App-104. unto his own . Greek. eis (App-104.) ta idia. This expression occurs in John 1:11 ; John 16:32 . Acts 21:6 . A different phrase in John 20:10 .

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• John 19:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  27. The disciple took her to his own home. It is a token of the reverence due by a disciple to his master, that John so readily obeys the command of Christ. Hence also it is evident, that...

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• John 19:27 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1724 JESUS COMMENDS HIS MOTHER TO JOHN’S CARE 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...

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• John 19:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home .

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• John 19:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Woman, behold thy son!— We have elsewhere observed, that Joseph was probably dead some time before. See on ch. John 2:1 ; John 6:42 . And as Jesus now shewed the tender concern he had for his mot...

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• John 19:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. Then saith he to the disciple, "BEHOLD THY MOTHER!" What forgetfulness of s...

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• John 19:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Crucifixion. The Burial 1-3. Inside the Prætorium. Scourging and mockery by the soldiers ( Matthew 27:26 ; Mark 15:15 ). It might be supposed from Mt and Mk that the scourging was only the or...

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• John 19:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Behold thy mother ! — The solemn committal is a double one. The loving heart of the disciple should find, as well as give, sympathy and support in the love of the mother. The sympathy in their commo...

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• John 19:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XX. MARY AT THE CROSS. "They took Jesus therefore: and He went out, bearing the cross for Himself, unto the place called The place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha: where they cru...

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• John 19:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Jesus' Last Thought for Others John 19:23-30 Love made Mary brave to encounter the tragedy of that scene. The sword, as Simeon had foretold, was piercing her soul, Luke 2:35 . Jesus knew how l...

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• John 19:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here once more we have the story of the Cross, and once again it is a story to be read almost without note or comment. The picture of our Lord led forth and presented to the crowds by Pilate is one o...

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• John 19:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. (26) When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, who...

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• John 19:27 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE MOST PATHETIC PHRASE IN GOD’S WORD ‘Woman, behold thy son!… Behold thy mother!’ John 19:26-27 There was a brief lull in the tempest which surged round the Cross of Christ, and the women...

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• John 19:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then saith he to the disciple ,.... The same disciple John: behold thy mother ; take care of her, and provide for her, as if she was thine own mother: this shows the meanness of Christ, who had no...

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• John 19:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home . Ver. 27. The disciple took her, &c. ] A precious depositum; trust the house...

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• John 19:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Now While Jesus, hanging on the cross, suffered all manner of insults and sorrows; there stood by the cross his mother “Neither her own danger, nor the sadness of the spectacle, nor the reproache...

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• John 19:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  CRIMINALLY ASSAULTED IN THE COURT! (vs.1-12) Pilate then tried another desperate move, having the Lord scourged. This was gross injustice, yet he hoped by this to placate the Jews' enmity, consid...

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• John 19:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Inscription on the Cross; The Crucifixion.       19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS O...

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• John 19:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  He also reciprocally commendeth his mother to John, to be cared for as his own mother. From that time Mary went home, and lived with John.

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• John 19:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Lamb is Offered Up ( John 19:16-37 ). Meanwhile the innocent victim was being dragged through the streets of the city, and then through an outer gate in order to be crucified ‘outside the gate...

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• John 19:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 19:19-20 . This was also one reason for the title written (τίτλος, titulus, the technical name) by Pilate for the cross of Jesus. His alone would need it....

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• John 19:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 19:25-27 I. The death of the Lord Jesus Christ differed from all other deaths in this, that the death was voluntary. Death is to us the natural termination of life, and the event of death is...

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• John 19:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 19:1 . Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. This was one of the most terrible punishments to which a man could be sentenced. The Roman scourge was no trifle. It tore off the q...

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• John 19:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 19:1 . Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him, as stated in Matthew 27:26 . In cases where this preseded crucifixion, Cicero has recited the form of the sentence from the Roman law. I...

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• John 19:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother Manifold revelation of love We have here a revelation in love of I. MORAL HEROISM--the presence of the woman and John. Scarcely could they ha...

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• John 19:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 19:1-43 (d) [Within the Praetorium.] The unjust scourging, and the crown of thorns. John 19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him . The force of the "t...

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• John 19:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Christ's care for His mother:

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• John 19:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:18 ; 1 John 3:19 ; 1 Timothy 5:2-4 ; Genesis 45:8 ; Genesis 47:12 ; John 1:11 ; John 16:32 ; Mark 3:34 ; Matthew 12:48-50 ; Matthew 25:40

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• John 19:27 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Calvary Chapter John 19:16-37 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will suggest the steppingstone which immediately precedes the Calvary experiences of our Lord and then enlarge on the Calvary events. Wh...

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• John 19:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Behold thy mother — To whom thou art now to perform the part of a son in my place, a peculiar honour which Christ conferred on him. From that hour — From the time of our Lord's death.

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