<p>19:27 <em>Then he said to the disciple: Behold, your mother And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home</em>- I take the comment that John therefore took her to his own home as meaning His own house, back in Jerusalem (Jn. 19:27). The same construction is used in Jn. 16:32 cp. Acts 21:6 as meaning house rather than family. &ldquo;Took to&rdquo; is a verb of motion as in Jn. 6:21. His feelings for her were so strong, so passionate, that He saw it could distract Him. He wanted to stay on earth with her, and not go to His Heavenly Father. This accounts for His again using the rather distant term &ldquo;Woman&rdquo;, and telling her that now, He wasn&rsquo;t her Son, John was now, and she wasn&rsquo;t His mother, she must be John&rsquo;s mother. And many a man has chosen to leave mother for the sake of the Father&rsquo;s work, as Hannah sacrificed her dear Samuel, to be eternally bonded in the gracious Kingdom to come. And even if one has not done this in this form, there is scarcely a believer who has not had to make some heart wrenching break with family and loved ones for the Lord&rsquo;s sake. Only His sake alone could inspire men and women in this way.&nbsp;</p>