For a background summary and supporting argument, see Lazarus Writes:
This is described by the eye-witness author of the Fourth Gospel - who was the resurrected Lazarus. Present with Lazarus at the foot of the cross stood Jesus's mother and aunt; and Mary Magdalene who was Jesus's wife; and Lazarus himself, brother to Mary M, and who was therefore Jesus's brother-in-law.
This web-of-relationships explains why Jesus specifically asked his brother-in-law, the author of the Fourth Gospel, to "adopt" Jesus's mother after Jesus's death - Jesus's mother already being mother-in-law to Lazarus's sister.
Jesus's wife's brother becomes the "son" to Jesus's mother; reciprocally, Jesus's mother became his brother-in-law's "mother".
No comments:
Post a Comment