Were the two crucified lesthai in Mark a caustic parody of the two witnesses of Revelation?

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Giuseppe
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Were the two crucified lesthai in Mark a caustic parody of the two witnesses of Revelation?

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Some suggestive clues in such sense:
    • Mark defames the two sons of Zebedee, but assumes that Jesus predicts their future martyrdom.
    • The two witnesses in Revelation are martyrs and followers of Jesus: James and John?
    • Mark has the two crucified lesthai who replace ironically John and James in their claim to take respectively the right and left of Jesus in the glory.
    • The two witnesses in Revelation share the glory of Jesus insofar they ascend to heaven.
    • James and John are Jewish-Christians and attacked as such in Mark;
    • The two witnesses are Jewish-Christians and attack the Pagans in Revelation.
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