MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 20:20 Salome (see Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; Mark 16:1) was the mother of the sons of Zebedee. She was also probably the sister of Mary, Jesus’ mother (see John 19:25). If so, James and John were Jesus’ cousins. with her sons. Mark 10:35 focuses on the sons themselves and reports her request as their words, perhaps because they had told her to ask this (see note on John 3:17). Matthew and Mark may also report different aspects of a longer conversation, in which the mother may have asked Jesus the question and then Jesus asked the brothers if that was what they wanted. kneeling. Salome shows respect to Jesus as her messianic Master, but she also evidently hopes to use her and her sons’ family kinship with Jesus to her sons’ advantage.

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