Jesus loved each one of the members of this family. John puts this verse here to preface the following one. If we were not told of Jesus’ love for them, we might have thought that He remained where He was due to unconcern, but the truth is otherwise. In similar circumstances in our own lives, it sometimes seems that Jesus doesn’t care about what is happening to us, but this is far from true. The fact is that He loves us each very deeply and has our best interests in mind. However, being right with God and being loved by Him is not a gurantee that bad things will not happen to you. We will still face many trials, but we have One Who will stand beside us the whole time and help us through them.