Post by elizabeth on Apr 15, 2015 4:17:47 GMT
(Mar 14:48) And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?
(Mar 14:49) "Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures."
(Mar 14:50) And they all left Him and fled.
(Mar 14:51) A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him.
(Mar 14:52) But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.
We know that everything in the Bible means something, so this man in verse 51 is in there for a reason. I went to gotanswers.com and they say many experts say that this man may have been John Mark himself. This account is not given in any other gospel. Here is what they have to say:
Question: "Who was the young man who fled naked in Mark 14:51-52?"
Answer: This event occurred in the Garden of Gethsemane the night Jesus was betrayed and captured. Mark 14:51–52 describes a young man who, wearing only a linen cloth, followed Jesus. When he was seized by the Roman soldiers, he escaped capture and ran, leaving the garment behind. The identity of the man is unknown, but since the Gospel of Mark is the only gospel that mentions the incident, many Bible scholars speculate that the young man was John Mark himself, the author of the Gospel of Mark.
It is impossible to know for sure who the young man was, since the Bible does not specifically identify him. There are all sorts of explanations and supposed hidden spiritual/allegorical meanings on the young man who fled naked. None of them have any explicit biblical support. But we understand that the identity of the young man who fled naked must have had meaning to the original readers of the Gospel of Mark. The identity that makes the most sense, with that in mind, is John Mark.
Read more: www.gotquestions.org/Mark-fled-naked.html#ixzz3XLcw4aGY
What I would like to know is if anyone has any ideas of why this story was included?
(Mar 14:49) "Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures."
(Mar 14:50) And they all left Him and fled.
(Mar 14:51) A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him.
(Mar 14:52) But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.
We know that everything in the Bible means something, so this man in verse 51 is in there for a reason. I went to gotanswers.com and they say many experts say that this man may have been John Mark himself. This account is not given in any other gospel. Here is what they have to say:
Question: "Who was the young man who fled naked in Mark 14:51-52?"
Answer: This event occurred in the Garden of Gethsemane the night Jesus was betrayed and captured. Mark 14:51–52 describes a young man who, wearing only a linen cloth, followed Jesus. When he was seized by the Roman soldiers, he escaped capture and ran, leaving the garment behind. The identity of the man is unknown, but since the Gospel of Mark is the only gospel that mentions the incident, many Bible scholars speculate that the young man was John Mark himself, the author of the Gospel of Mark.
It is impossible to know for sure who the young man was, since the Bible does not specifically identify him. There are all sorts of explanations and supposed hidden spiritual/allegorical meanings on the young man who fled naked. None of them have any explicit biblical support. But we understand that the identity of the young man who fled naked must have had meaning to the original readers of the Gospel of Mark. The identity that makes the most sense, with that in mind, is John Mark.
Read more: www.gotquestions.org/Mark-fled-naked.html#ixzz3XLcw4aGY
