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John 19:27

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

KJV

εἶτα λέγει τῷ μαθητῇ· ἴδε ἡ μήτηρ σου. καὶ ἀπ’ ἐκείνης τῆς ὥρας ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν ὁ μαθητὴς εἰς τὰ ἴδια.

Greek NT

Deinde dicit discipulo : Ecce mater tua. Et ex illa hora accepit eam discipulus in sua.

Vulgate

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

ASV

After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἶτα
eita
adverb · 14×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: Ἴδε | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἴδε | RP: Ἰδοὺ
  • ἼδεSBLGNT
  • ἼδεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἸδοὺRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§501Jesus is Mary's only son, but her spiritual motherhood extends to all men whom indeed he came to save: "The Son whom she brought forth is he whom God placed as the first-born among many brethren, that is, the faithful in whose generation and formation she co-operates with a mother's love."160 Mary's virginal motherhood in God's plan
§726At the end of this mission of the Spirit, Mary became the Woman, the new Eve ("mother of the living"), the mother of the "whole Christ."108 As such, she was present with the Twelve, who "with one accord devoted themselves to prayer,"109 at the dawn of the "end time" which the Spirit was to inaugurate on the morning of Pentecost with the manifestation of the Church. Christ Jesus
§964Mary's role in the Church is inseparable from her union with Christ and flows directly from it. "This union of the mother with the Son in the work of salvation is made manifest from the time of Christ's virginal conception up to his death";502 it is made manifest above all at the hour of his Passion: Thus the Blessed Virgin advanced in her pilgrimage of faith, and faithfully pe…
…and 4 more from this source.
2. But what are the things set before us today? Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying. In a tone worthy of the wonder, with all his might he has uttered his voice, saying, Now all this was done. For when he saw the sea and the abyss of the love of God towards man, and that actually come to pass which never had been…
1. Successes have terrible power to cast down or draw aside those who take not heed. Thus the Jews, who at first enjoyed the influence of God, sought the law of royalty from the Gentiles, and in the wilderness after the manna remembered the onions. In the same way here, refusing the Kingdom of Christ, they invited to themselves that of Cæsar. Wherefore God set a king over…

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:18 — My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
  • 1Tim 5:2 — The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
  • Acts 21:6 — And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
  • John 1:11 — He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
  • John 16:32 — Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
  • Matt 12:48 — But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?