KJV: When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
YLT: Jesus, therefore, having seen his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, 'Woman, lo, thy son;'
Darby: Jesus therefore, seeing his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son.
ASV: When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
| Ἰησοῦς | Jesus |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Ἰησοῦς Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor. |
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| ἰδὼν | having seen |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: εἶδον Sense: to see with the eyes. |
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| τὴν | [His] |
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Parse: Article, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| μητέρα | mother |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: μήτηρ Sense: a mother. |
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| μαθητὴν | disciple |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: μαθητής Sense: a learner, pupil, disciple. |
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| παρεστῶτα | standing by |
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Parse: Verb, Perfect Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: παριστάνω Sense: to place beside or near. |
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| ὃν | whom |
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Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ὅς Sense: who, which, what, that. |
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| ἠγάπα | He loved |
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Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀγαπάω Sense: of persons. |
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| λέγει | says |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak. |
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| μητρί | [His] mother |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: μήτηρ Sense: a mother. |
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| Γύναι | Woman |
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Parse: Noun, Vocative Feminine Singular Root: γυνή Sense: a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow. |
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| ἴδε | behold |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: ἰδού Sense: behold, see, lo. |
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| υἱός | son |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: υἱός Sense: a son. |
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| σου | of you |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Singular Root: σύ Sense: you. |
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Greek Commentary for John 19:26
Common Greek idiom, the article as possessive. Standing by Perfect active (intransitive) participle of παριστημι paristēmi vivid and picturesque scene. The dying Saviour thinks of the comfort of his mother. Whom he loved Imperfect active. Surely John is justified in inserting this phrase here. If John were his cousin, that helps explain why Jesus turns the care of his mother over to him. But the brothers of Jesus are not present and disbelieved his claims. John is the only one of the apostles with courage enough to take his stand with the women by the Cross. There is no disrespect in the use of “Woman” (Γυναι Gunai) here as there was not in John 2:4. This trust is to John, though Salome, John‘s own mother, was standing there. [source]
See on John 2:4. [source]
Canon Westcott remarks upon the four exclamations in this chapter - Behold the man! Behold your King! Behold thy son! Behold thy mother! as a remarkable picture of what Christ is, and what He reveals men to be. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for John 19:26
Different from “earth” (Mark) or “field” (Matthew.)” Κηπος Kēpos old word for garden, only here in the N.T. and John 19:1, John 19:26; John 19:41.Became a tree (εγενετο εις δενδρον egeneto eis dendron). Common Hebraism, very frequent in lxx, only in Luke in the N.T., but does appear in Koiné though rare in papyri; this use of εις eis after words like κατεσκηνωσεν ginomai It is a translation Hebraism in Luke.Lodged Mark and Matthew have kataskēnoin infinitive of the same verb, to make tent (or nest). [source]
No word for “table” in the text. Periphrastic imperfect of ανακειμαι anakeimai to lie back, to recline. Κολπος Kolpos usual word for bosom (John 1:18). Whom Jesus loved Imperfect active of αγαπαω agapaō John‘s description of himself of which he was proud (John 19:26; John 20:2; John 21:7, John 21:20), identified in John 21:24 as the author of the book and necessarily one of the twelve because of the “explicit” (Bernard) language of Mark (Mark 14:17; Luke 22:14). John son of Zebedee and brother of James. At the table John was on the right of Jesus lying obliquely so that his head lay on the bosom of Jesus. The centre, the place of honour, Jesus occupied. The next place in rank was to the left of Jesus, held by Peter (Westcott) or by Judas (Bernard) which one doubts. [source]
Vocative case of γυνη gunē and with no idea of censure as is plain from its use by Jesus in John 19:26. But the use of γυναι gunai instead of μητερ mēter (Mother) does show her she can no longer exercise maternal authority and not at all in his Messianic work. That is always a difficult lesson for mothers and fathers to learn, when to let go. What have I to do with thee? There are a number of examples of this ethical dative in the lxx (Judges 11:12; 2Sam 16:10; 1Kings 17:18; 2Kings 3:13; 2Chron 35:21) and in the N.T. (Mark 1:24; Mark 5:7; Matthew 8:29; Matthew 27:19; Luke 8:28). Some divergence of thought is usually indicated. Literally the phrase means, “What is it to me and to thee?” In this instance F.C. Burkitt (Journal of Theol. Studies, July, 1912) interprets it to mean, “What is it to us?” That is certainly possible and suits the next clause also. Mine hour is not yet come This phrase marks a crisis whenever it occurs, especially of his death (John 7:30; John 8:20; John 12:23; John 13:1; John 17:1). Here apparently it means the hour for public manifestation of the Messiahship, though a narrower sense would be for Christ‘s intervention about the failure of the wine. The Fourth Gospel is written on the plane of eternity (W. M. Ramsay) and that standpoint exists here in this first sign of the Messiah. [source]
Lit., behold ye. The plural is peculiar. The usual form is the singular ἴδε or ἰδού . See John 1:29; John 11:3, etc.; John 4:35; John 19:26, John 19:27. Elsewhere the plural is used of something actually visible (Galatians 6:11). [source]