[19:26] Here is your son,
and to him, [19:27] Here is your
mother, showing with these words his great love for him and that he
considered John as his other self since Jesus wanted him to take his place with
his mother. And so John, moved by these words, immediately received her, and
she remained with him. It would seem that the Lord loved John for many reasons
and with good cause; indeed, he alone among all the disciples remained with him
after these tribulations. (Theodore of Mopsuestia, Commentary on
the Gospel of John [trans. Marco Conti, Ancient Christian Texts; Downers
Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic: An Imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2010], 156)
