Now, Jesus and his mom are clearly designated mother and son by Jesus’ enemies. This Jewish identifying of a son by naming his mother (“son of Mary”) is unusual in the Bible, as scholars note, since usually a son is mentioned in relation to his father, unless the woman is a widow (compare Luke 7:12).[24] All this means, then, is that Mary is a widow and mother of Jesus, but the others in Mark’s list according to people in Nazareth are identified by Jesus as belonging to his relatives who are not sons of his mother.
