Do you know: what is the significance of Mark 14:51-52?

Sometimes there are very short passages in the Bible, that make me wonder why they are there, and this is one of them. Mark 14:51-52 A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, he fled naked, leaving his garment behind.

I cannot figure this out. Is it an allegory about if we run away from Jesus we are naked? Or is the linen garment a symbol of the shoud of Jesus?

Thanks.

The linen cloth was probably a bed sheet. This is what David Guzik, a commentator I really like says:

Since the earliest days of the church, commentators have supposed this young man to be Mark himself. It was his humble way of saying, “I was there.”

i. Many people suppose that the upper room where Jesus held the last supper just a few hours earlier was at a home owned by Mark’s family. Act_12:12 says that the disciples used to meet at the home of Mark’s mother. It may be that the arresting army led by Judas first came to Mark’s home, because that is where Judas last left Jesus. When Judas and the group came and found them gone, it would have been easy for Judas to suppose that they went to Gethsemane, because Jesus was accustomed to going there (Luk_22:39). When the Judas and the group started out for Gethsemane, we can imagine that young Mark hurriedly dressed in a simple linen cloth and set out to beat Judas and his gang to Gethsemane so he could warn Jesus.

ii. “It is usually supposed that Mark himself, son of Mary (Act_12:12) in whose house they probably had observed the Passover meal, had followed Jesus and the apostles to the Garden.” (Robertson)

iii. Lane writes that Mark recorded this “To emphasize the fact that all fled, leaving Jesus alone in the custody of the police. No one remained with Jesus, not even a valiant young man who intended to follow him.”

iv. “The modest spirit of Mark seemed to say, ‘Friend Peter, while the Holy Ghost moves me to, tell thy fault, and let it stand on record, he also constrains me to write my own as a sort of preface to it, for I, too, in my mad, hare-brained folly, would have run, unclothed as I was, upon the guard to rescue my Lord and Master; yet, at the first sight, of the rough legionaries, at the first gleam of their swords, away I fled, timid, faint-hearted, and afraid that I should be too roughly handled.’“ (Spurgeon)

Many believe it was Mark himself, as no other gospel records this incident

Thanks Magenta, I didn't know this, although I did notice that this incident is only in the gospel of Mark, and I wondered why

I cannot figure this out. Is it an allegory about if we run away from Jesus we are naked? Or is the linen garment a symbol of the shroud of Jesus?

Sometimes there are very short passages in the Bible, that make me wonder why they are there, and this is one of them. Mark 14:51-52 A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, he fled naked, leaving his garment behind.

I cannot figure this out. Is it an allegory about if we run away from Jesus we are naked? Or is the linen garment a symbol of the shoud of Jesus?

Thanks.

In many ways he showed them about the resurrection, did they understand, it took awhile.

John 20
3Then Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb. 4The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

6Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

We do not need to read into this incident anything more than what is presented. .

We do not need to read into this incident anything more than what is presented. The fact of the matter is that all the disciples of Jesus forsook Him and fled from the time of His betrayal. Then Peter denied Him thrice. This incident was another confirmation that the fear of man overcame the disciples at that time.

But Jesus did not hold this against them, and also restored Peter after His resurrection. However, after Pentecost, when the disciples were empowered by the Holy Spirit, the apostles and disciples lost all their fear of men, and were willingly martyred for the sake of Christ.

I agree with the bold, somewhat, (I disagree that it was "the widow's son who followed Jesus," per your previous post )... I actually believe it was the one who ran with Peter to the [Jesus' empty] sepulchre (I realize the common belief is that that was John, the unnamed disciple and supposed writer of the book of John etc [yes, I'm aware of all the arguments regarding this ]), so where it says (in bold, below):


6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

... the "and HE SAW, AND BELIEVED" refers only to "that other disciple," and is not said of "Peter"... so in this way, I believe [being the same one with the "linen [grave] cloths" around himself in the earlier Mark 14:51-52 scene] he understood death in an experiential way... and when you trace back through all the places regarding this person [the one who "that other disciple" correlates with], he'd be the same person to whom Jesus had answered Peter's Q of "what about him??" (in the John 21:21 scene, "Peter, seeing him [that same guy] saith to Jesus, Lord, and what [shall] this man [do]?" Recall, the subject being discussed was Peter's own "death," and "by what" death he should glorify God--so Peter is asking about the one who'd already had "linen [grave] cloths" about him...).

Here is where Jesus responds with, "IF I WILL THAT he should tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me." (Said to Peter alone, as I see it.) Then as a result of this convo, "went this [incorrect] saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet JESUS SAID NOT unto him [unto Peter], He [that other disciple] shall not die; but, IF I WILL THAT he should tarry till I come, what is that to thee?" This, showing that it didn't concern Peter (he was to "follow thou me" regardless of the other guy's fate)... but understanding "why" Peter would have even asked such a question, helps (IMO), as they were talking about "death" (by means of "persecution, on account of Him/Jesus") and he grasped that this one had already [experientially] died (the "linen cloths" about him, in the Mk14 scene) so wondered if he would also be put to death (again), this time by means of this "persecution, on account of Jesus").

I believe he only "fled" because he was "naked" (when "the young men laid hold on him"), meaning, he was more bold than the others who'd fled (and THEY fled not on account of being "naked" or even "laid hold on"), and all this led to his "saw the linen cloths [of Jesus' sepulchre], AND BELIEVED"... [again, not said of Peter] (and that he likely represents those of Israel [like in Dan12:1-4, regarding "still-living persons"/i.e. Israel coming up out of the graveyard of nations, where scattered] in the future trib period, who will do the same [per Olivet Discourse], and also who will "endure to the end" of the trib [having heeded the Lk21:36 instruction], so to enter the MK-age in mortal bodies [capable of reproducing/bearing children], like that to which Dan12:12 refers ["BLESSED"... correlating with the "BLESSED" of Rev16:15-16 [speaks of "thy nakedness"]/ Rev19:9 (re: the wedding FEAST/SUPPER/MK-age, commencing upon His "RETURN" to the earth)]).

I wrote all that too quickly (so excuse the flaws), I'm on a deadline I need to get back to...

The thing is, what was presented, in and of itself, has no spiritual value. That obscure verse is there for a reason, however, without supporting verses, this verse holds no meaning.

Yes, I suppose we don't need to read into the incident more than what is presented, however, sometimes details in a verse or chapter jump out at me, and I wonder why these 2 short verses were only included in Mark.

"All scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting and for training in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16

I guess this is why I wondered what God wanted us to see when he inspired Mark to write this.

Sometimes there are very short passages in the Bible, that make me wonder why they are there, and this is one of them. Mark 14:51-52 A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, he fled naked, leaving his garment behind.

I cannot figure this out. Is it an allegory about if we run away from Jesus we are naked? Or is the linen garment a symbol of the shoud of Jesus?

Thanks.