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3 compelling reasons why Salome was probably Mark's mother

'''Salome''' is mentioned only in the [[Gospel of Mark]], and not anywhere else in the [[Bible]]. Without explanation, she is referenced by Mark as a witness to the [[[Crucifixion]] and to an [[angel]] declaring the [[Resurrection]]. See {{bibleref|16|1-8}} Was she Mark's mother?

Academic biblical scholars who downplay the significance of the [[Trumpian Gospel]] style of Mark suggest that Salome was the mother of James and [[John]], as that seems consistent with the [[Gospel of Matthew]]. But stronger factors suggest that Salome was actually Mark's mother:

#Mark wrote his Gospel first, and as an outsider he would not have had any way of knowing about these events unless someone close to him, such as his mother, described the events to him;
#Mark was blunt and concise, and did not speculate, which suggests the source of these events was someone he trusted; and
#While Mark was modest in referring to himself in his Gospel (merely alluding to himself as an unidentified boy at one point), he probably wanted to give credit somewhere to his mother for being a disciple of [[Jesus]].

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