What are the Biblical allusions in "Marriage Is a Private Affair"?

There are
two Biblical allusions in 's short
story "." Anis a reference to a statement, person,
place or event that is
known from literature, history, religion, myth or politics. In this case
the
allusions are to verses in the New Testament. When Nnaemeka describes Nene to Okeke,
he
brags that she is a good Christian and a teacher at a girls' school in
Lagos. The father is
unimpressed, noting that in his letter to the
Corinthians, the apostle Paul said that women
should keep silent in the
church. The actual verse is Corinthians 14:34 and it indeed forbids
women
from speaking in the church:

Let your women
keep
silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but
they are commanded to
be under obedience as also saith the law. (King James
Version, Corinthians 14:34)

Whether it
denies women from teaching is unclear, but Okeke holds
this against Nene. Of
course, his real objection to Nnaemeka's marriage to Nene is because of

prejudice. Nene is not from the Ibo tribe of Nnaemeka and Okeke, and so is outside their
ethnic
group. That his son would marry outside the group is abhorrent to
Okeke. The episode also
reinforces Achebe's theme of new against old and
modern society's refusal to adhere to the old
traditions and ways of
thinking.

Another Biblical allusion in the story is a

reference to Mark 13:12 where it is said that children will rise against
their
parents:

Now the brother shall
betray the brother to
death, and the father the son; and children shall rise
up
against their parents, and shall cause them to be put
to death. (King James
Version, Mark 13:12)

In this case, one of the men from
Okeke's village says, "Sons shall
rise against their fathers; it is their in the Holy
Book." The man is
referring to Nnaemeka's disregard for his father's feelings about his

interethnic marriage. In fact, Nnaemeka's marriage is a hot topic in Okeke's village,
making the
word "Private" in the story's title quite
ironic.