He fled naked, leaving his garment behind — the naked flight is the ultimate abandonment — even the garment is left behind rather than risk arrest. The nakedness echoes the shame of the Fall (Genesis 3:7) and foreshadows the shame that will be imposed on Jesus (stripped and mocked, 15:17, 20). The young man who fled naked will become the young man in white sitting in the empty tomb (16:5) if the traditional identification is correct.

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