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To whom was entrusted the care of Jesus’ mother?
John: “When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved [John], 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 house” ([xix, 26, 27]).
“The teacher who had been to him as a brother leaves to him a brother’s duty. He is to be as a son to the mother who is left desolate.”—Bible Dictionary.
Very touchingly expressed. But why was this duty imposed upon John when the Apostle James (the Less) was a brother of Jesus and a son of Mary? Was he a worthless ingrate, unable and unwilling to care for her? And what of Joses, and Juda, and Simon, and her daughters who remained at home? Had they turned their mother out of doors?