Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah

New Testament scholar John Dominic Crossan: “Implicit in the title ‘woman’ is that her full destiny is to be the ‘woman’ of Genesis 3:15.”27

Just as Benjamin is the “beloved (Greek ēgapēmenos) of the LORD” (Deuteronomy 33:12), so John is the “disciple whom Jesus loved (Greek ēgapa)” (John 19:26).

For this reason, despite her sinlessness—or rather, precisely because she was preserved from all sin—Mary can truly declare that “God” is her “Savior”

Mary is the “woman” of Genesis whose “offspring” will conquer the serpent (Genesis 3:15).

We have no other examples of a Jewish man addressing his own mother this way.

For Epiphanius, therefore, the Collyridians were committing idolatry by offering the sacrificial bread of the Eucharist to Mary.

scholars arrive at seven days is by interpreting John’s references sequentially and adding the first four days to the “third day” (4 Days + 3 Days = 7 Days).

before her pain came she was delivered of a man-child” (Isaiah 66:7)…

In the Gospel of John, Mary appears twice: once during the wedding at Cana (John 2:1–12), and once during the crucifixion of Jesus (John 19:25–27).