Mark 14:51

There was a young man there that followed along a little bit behind Jesus. He was just wearing a sheet wrapped around him.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

50Then Jesus’s followers got frightened, and they ran away and left him there.

52That mob of men tried to grab him, but they only grabbed the sheet. He wriggled out of it and ran away naked.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:12Then Potifar’s wife came to Joseph. She grabbed him, and she held on to his coat, and she said, “Come and sleep with me.” So Joseph quickly ran out of the house. But Potifar’s wife still had Joseph’s coat in her hand.

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:44-53

The Treachery of Judas. 43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. 45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. 46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him. 47 And one of them… Read the whole commentary →

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