John 19 and the Cross
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Secrecy--conspiracy--yet Jesus, in front of a bunch of Roman soldiers, addresses his "wife" and "son"? OK, this is great.
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- If Judah was their son, his existence would most certainly have been kept secret.
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- Since Jesus was perceived to be a pretender to the royal throne, Jesus' son would have been a target of arrest and crucifixion by Roman authorities.
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- It was a time of great persecution. Anyone associated with Jesus' ministry was threatened.
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- His cousin, John the Baptist, beheaded. James, the brother of Jesus, stoned to death.
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- Simon, another brother, crucified. If they were parents,
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- Jesus and Mary would have known that leaking knowledge of the birth of their child would have put the child at terrible risk.
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- So perhaps the unnamed, beloved disciple referred to in the book of John is actually the son of Jesus.
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- Who remains unnamed in the text to conceal the child's lineage.
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- In John 19 .26, Jesus asks the beloved disciple at the base of the cross to behold his mother.
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- He then says to Mary, Woman, behold your son.
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- Traditionally, this scene has been understood as Jesus addressing Mary, his mother.
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- But can this be later theology? Could it be that Jesus was talking to Mary Magdalene, his wife, asking her to protect their sons?