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Nov 19, 2018 · Karlo Broussard explains the historicity of Mary, in relation to both Eve and the woman of new creation prophesied in Genesis, that Jesus is underscoring when he refers to her as “woman.”
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The first Eve was called “woman” (Gen. 2:22) as is Mary,...
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In the Gospel of John, Jesus performs His first miracle at the Wedding of Cana. But why does He address His mother, Mary, as "woman"? In this video, we unpac...
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The first Eve was called “woman” (Gen. 2:22) as is Mary, both at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry (John 2:4) and at the end (John 19:26). The title is both respectful and theologically important in revealing Mary’s role in salvation history.
- In The Beginning
- New Creation Week
- The New Eve
- The Foot of The Cross
- Our Spiritual Mother
Let’s begin with the first instance of this strange address,the wedding at Cana. To properly understand this narrative, we have to go backto the very beginning of John’s Gospel. It starts out in a way that is veryreminiscent of the seven-day creation story in Genesis: That opening phrase should sound familiar to anyone witheven a passing familiarit...
Moreover, if we read the next two chapters carefully, we seethat John connects the beginning of his Gospel to this creation story inanother, subtler way as well: he narrates a succession of seven days,paralleling the seven days of creation in the first chapter of Genesis. Whilehe never explicitly tells us he is doing this, he tips us off by marking...
With all these points of contact with the Old Testament’sstories of the world’s creation, John is subtly telling us that Jesus’ ministryinaugurated the new creation, the restoration of everything that Adam and Evemessed up by eating from the forbidden tree. Moreover, while the final story inhis new creation week takes place at a wedding, John never...
And we find similar connections at the foot of the cross,the second time Jesus addresses his mother this way (John 19:25-26). The keyhere is that elsewhere in John, Jesus describes his death on the cross as themoment of the devil’s defeat (John 12:31-33). Now, at first that may not seemto have much to do with Eve or the creation stories, but let’s ...
With that, we can see that both times when Jesus calls Mary“woman” in the Gospel of John he is alluding to Eve, the first woman evercreated. He addresses his mother this way in order to subtly teach us that justas he is the new Adam, so too is she the new Eve. And that is extremely significant for our spiritual lives. It is one of the key reasons w...
Dec 7, 2022 · Jesus lovingly uses the same word from the cross when He tells Mary that He is entrusting her to John’s care (John 19:26). The question Jesus asks His mother isn’t rude, either. It may sound rude in the KJV: “What have I to do with thee?” (John 2:4), but it was a common idiom.
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For more information on why Jesus call Mary “woman” in John 2, see our Catholic Answer on this subject. And note also that when Elizabeth refers to Mary as the “mother of my Lord” (Luke 2:43), Mary doesn’t correct her for obvious reasons.
