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*both Mark and Salome were among the few who witnessed the [[Crucifixion]].

*both Mark and Salome were among the few who witnessed the [[Crucifixion]].

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 also Aramaic, as he used far more statements of Jesus in Aramaic than any other [[The Gospels|Gospel]].  Query: was Salome an observer of the [[Sabbath]], as one might infer from {{bibleref|Mark|16|1}}, or is the reference merely a common Aramaic way to reference the end of a week?

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 also Aramaic, as he used far more statements of Jesus in Aramaic than any other [[The Gospels|Gospel]].  ''Query: was Salome an observer of the [[Sabbath]], as one might infer from {{bibleref|Mark|16|1}}, or is the reference merely a common Aramaic way to reference the end of a week?''

[[Matthew]] apparently did not know who Salone was, as he copied from the [[Gospel of Mark]] and yet omitted two references to her by Mark at {{bible ref|Mark|15|40}} and {{bible ref|Mark|16|1}}.  In particular, Matthew omitted the presence of Salome or any third woman from the visit to the tomb of [[Jesus]], described by {{bible ref|Matthew|28|1}} (only two women) and {{bible ref|Mark|16|1}}.

[[Matthew]] apparently did not know who Salone was, as he copied from the [[Gospel of Mark]] and yet omitted two references to her by Mark at {{bible ref|Mark|15|40}} and {{bible ref|Mark|16|1}}.  In particular, Matthew omitted the presence of Salome or any third woman from the visit to the tomb of [[Jesus]], described by {{bible ref|Matthew|28|1}} (only two women) and {{bible ref|Mark|16|1}}.