Salome was a common [[Aramaic]] name at the time, and is used today.<ref>https://themeaningofthename.com/salome/</ref> In modesty, Mark did not explain who Salome was because she was almost certainly Mark's mother, who as a follower of [[Jesus]] enabled her child Mark to be an eyewitness to Jesus's ministry. Mark was Aramaic, as he used far more statements of Jesus in Aramaic than another [[The Gospels|Gospel]]. | Salome was a common [[Aramaic]] name at the time, and is used today.<ref>https://themeaningofthename.com/salome/</ref> In modesty, Mark did not explain who Salome was because she was almost certainly Mark's mother, who as a follower of [[Jesus]] enabled her child Mark to be an eyewitness to Jesus's ministry. Mark was Aramaic, as he used far more statements of Jesus in Aramaic than another [[The Gospels|Gospel]]. |