However, I noticed one section that I hadn't noticed before and have never heard anyone talk about. I've been having trouble figuring it out, so I'm asking for your opinions Mark 14:50:
"Now a young man followed him
wearing nothing but a linen cloth about his body.
They seized him,
but he left the cloth behind and ran off naked."
wearing nothing but a linen cloth about his body.
They seized him,
but he left the cloth behind and ran off naked."
Whos is that young man? Why wasn't he wearing clothes? How did he get away? What's the significance?
So, sisters and brothers in exegesis, what do you think?
4 comments:
hahaha. i remember a religion teacher in high school pointing out that passage. it's so random. but i have no idea what the significance is... we might have talked about it, but i don't remember.
sorry charlie.
it was actually me.
Thanks, Tae. That actually explains a lot.
About you and about Jesus.
But mostly about you.
I've actually heard it theorized that it's Mark himself. He put it in there as a kind of signature and as a recognition of his lowliness in comparison to Christ. Although, it could also just be comic relief. I mean, who doesn't come to that passage and laugh?
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