Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene — John's careful enumeration of women at the cross differs from Synoptic accounts. The mother of Jesus (unnamed in John but identified as mother throughout the Gospel), her sister, Mary of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene form the female faithful community. The public witness of women—society's most vulnerable members—underscores that not power but love remains at the cross.

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