Mark 14:51-52

This is odd. After a quick google I found that www.gotquestions.org believes it to be John Mark (The author of the book) himself, though it doesn't say why.

Wholesome Thomas said:

John Mark (The author of the book)

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Well, it can be literary style to talk about oneself in the third person. And the writer names others, such a Peter.

If the young men tried to capture this man, I suppose they knew who he was and had a reason. And he did not like their reason. So, he could have been one of Jesus' followers, and known for this. But, like others, he did what Jesus said would happen . . . that the sheep would flee when the Shepherd was smitten. So, it could be part of the confirmation of how Jesus knew and foretold how things would go.

Well Jesus raised the widow from Nain son from the dead, the deciples knew of the man, when the deciples came to the tomb and saw the linen cloth laying there, it should of reminded them of the man who fled naked leaving his garment behind, and that man was the widow's son.

another confirmation and example of the resurrection the deciples should of dawned on them.

people were dying around Jesus when He was walking on earth too, the people who Jesus raised from the dead were for a purpose, He raised the widow' son from the dead and the young man followed jesus thus ran away leaving his garment behind and tomb linen cloth as a reference to that, another tad bit of info is that Joseph Mary' husband had died leaving Mary as well a widow,

Wholesome Thomas said:

This is odd. After a quick google I found that www.gotquestions.org believes it to be John Mark (The author of the book) himself, though it doesn't say why.

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Because there is no biblical account to support that view, basically that is just winging it.

There are a lot of hidden mysteries in the bible, to know of one of these myteries it will likely line up afew more unknown myteries, for this account, the young man leaving his garment behind answers the why the linen cloth was left behind in the tomb as well as why Jesus had chosen to raise the widow's son. Jesus was to die and be risen from the dead, Mary was a widow also for on the cross Jesus said to the deciple thus is your mother now take her into your home, were was Joseph in all that? he was a upright man who married Mary and took care of her. he wouldn't have just stopped doing that unless something happened to him.

Acts 19:16
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Flee evil despite the shame in doing so.

Ephesians 6:13
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

Ron Gurley said:

Acts 19:16
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Flee evil despite the shame in doing so.

Ephesians 6:13
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

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cool verse thanks, indeed the young man fled because evil men had arrested Jesus.

One suggestion is that it's an echo of Amos 2:16, and dramatizes Jesus' disciples' abandonment of him.

Another suggestion is the young man was being baptized. That involved removing your clothes. This is the least inflammatory possible reading of Secret Mark, if you accept that. However there are enough questions about Secret Mark that I'm dubious.

But there are lots of guesses. There are several suggestions about the identity of the young man, one of them being that it was Mark himself. "Cranfield speculates further by suggesting that this figure, hearing of Judas’s treachery, had dressed hurriedly and had dashed outside to warn Jesus of the approach of the party sent to arrest him." (C A Evans commentary on Mark)

I doubt we'll ever know the real explanation.