This view of Mary as a disciple in progress fits in with the picture we have of Jesus’ family in the Synoptic Gospels. His brothers did not believe in him before the Resurrection. In fact, they attempted to take control of him at one point, saying “He is out of his mind.”13 The fact that this occurs in Mark immediately before the charge that he was in collusion with Satan communicates the idea that no one understood him. Although Mary is not mentioned in this passage, there is no indication that