MARK 14:51 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:”
A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him — the young man in the linen garment is one of Mark's most puzzling details — found only in Mark. He may be the eyewitness source behind Mark's Gospel (often identified as John Mark himself, or a wealthy young man from the Jerusalem area whose house may have been the upper room). The linen garment (sindōn) is the same word as the burial cloth in 15:46.
Church Fathers on Mark 14:51
After that our Lord had prayed three times, and had obtained by His prayers that the fear of the Apostles should be amended by future repentance, He, being tranquil as to His Passion, goes to His persecutors, concerning the coming of whom the Evangelist says, 'And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas Iscariot, on of the twelve.'
This is not put without reason, but to the greater conviction of the traitor, since though he was of the chief company amongst the disciples, he turned himself to furious enmity against our Lord.
For he who despairs of help from God, has recourse to the power of the world.
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