While suffering excruciating pain on the torture stake, he made sure that his aging mother would be cared for by his beloved apostle John. ​ — John 19: 26, 27.
Kaut gan viņš cieta neaprakstāmas sāpes pie moku staba, viņš parūpējās par to, lai viņa sirmo māti savā gādībā paņemtu apustulis Jānis.