Scripture Calls Her “The Woman” Genesis 3:15 – “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” Jesus crushed the head of the serpent ( Colossians 2:15 ) . The “woman” whose offspring does this is naturally understood as Mother Mary, who gave birth to Him. What if we didn’t have to assume? Jesus Himself reveals it. The only two times recorded when Jesus spoke directly to His mother, He called her “Woman”: John 2:4 – At Cana: “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.” John 19:26 – At the Cross: “Woman, here is your son.” At Cana, He begins His public ministry. At Calvary, He completes it. Both times, “Woman” points back to Genesis 3:15 . Mary is the New Eve. She Becomes Our Mother at the Cross Revelation 12:17 – “Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep ...