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

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

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).

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).

In traditional Protestantism, worship is largely centered on doxology: prayer and songs of praise.62 There is no ministerial priesthood, and therefore no offering of sacrifice. For Catholics and Orthodox Christians, however, worship consists above all in the offering of the Eucharist.63 And the Eucharist is always offered to God alone.

You simply cannot understand Mary without looking at her in her first-century Jewish context.

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

For Luke, the new exodus begins in Jerusalem and ends in heaven.

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