Mark 16:1
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And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. (ASV)
Pro
Who went to the tomb?
JW:
Bart Ehrman points out in Jesus, Interrupted that different people went to the tomb in different Gospels:
- And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Verses:
- Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Verses:
- Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the [mother] of James: and the other women with them told these things unto the apostles.
Verses:
- Now on the first [day] of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb.
Con
Edit this section if you doubt error.
Neutral
[QUOTE=JoeWallack;6173622][COLOR="Blue"]JW[/COLOR]: "Mark" has a literary style of replacing major characters with multiple characters with the [SIZE="3"][B]same[/B][/SIZE] name. Presumably the most important natural character to Jesus would have been his father. Since per "Mark" Jesus' replacement father is God, no natural character would have had the same name = Jesus' natural father is not named.
The next most natural character to Jesus would have been his mother. The key which unlocks "Mark", The Parable of the Sower ("Juewee! Juewee! Here Juey Juey. Come here Juey Juey"), explains that the result of discipleship is [B]multiplication[/B]:
[url=http://errancywiki.com/index.php?title=Mark_4] Mark 4:8[/url]
[quote] And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold. [/quote]
"Mark" is kind enough to make the major theme of family replacement explicit:
[url=http://errancywiki.com/index.php?title=Mark_3] Mark 3[/url]
Putting the two together the good seed/disciple will fall/suffer but will give rise to multiple good seeds.
And here we see "Mark" replace the mother Mary who fell from discipleship with two Marys who are still following Jesus:
[url=http://errancywiki.com/index.php?title=Mark_16] Mark 16[/url]
[quote] 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, [B][SIZE="3"]Mary[/SIZE][/B] Magdalene, and [B][SIZE="3"]Mary[/SIZE][/B] the [mother] of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. [/quote]
