Who is the young man referenced in Mark 14: 51-52?

No one knows. There are various theories. Some say the whole gay thing, others say it was a young man that was troubled that Jesus took under his wing. But, no one knows for certain.

btw - it wasn't Paul/Saul.

EDIT: Paul didn't live until AFTER Jesus' death. Paul also couldn't have been the youth, as Paul was a MURDERER of Christians. By all reason and logic, Paul wouldn't have killed his own people.

um...DUH!

I'm not sure, Red Queen. Probably one of his many disciples.

Omni:

Are you a troll? I can't say for certain the Paul lived during Jesus' time, but he was a Pharisee and he held the garments of the men who stoned Stephen in Acts.

Paul delivered Christians to be murdered until Jesus visited him supernaturally on the Damascus Road. Have you even read a Bible?

Never heard anything about that passage. But linen is very symbolic in the Bible or that time period (like kings wore linen garments; it was expensive fabric)...nakedness is also symbolic of shame, sin, not having God, etc. I'm sure one can draw a conclusion about what it means to "think" you're wearing royal garments, but when trouble comes the garment comes out easily and you're naked and did not stick with Jesus. That's my guess. Also, Revelation 3:17 comes to mind.

In his Gospel, Mark wrote that on the night Jesus was arrested, a youth wearing only a garment “over his naked body” was present. When enemies grabbed Jesus, Mark wrote that the youth escaped. Who do you think that youth could have been?— Yes, it was probably Mark! So when Jesus and his apostles left late that night, Mark apparently threw on a garment and followed.—Mark 14:51, 52.

Mark indeed had a rich spiritual background. He was likely present when holy spirit was poured out at Pentecost 33 C.E., and he had close association with faithful servants of God, such as Peter. But he also accompanied his cousin Barnabas, who helped Saul by introducing him to Peter some three years after Jesus had appeared to Saul in a vision. Years later, Barnabas went to Tarsus in order to find Saul there.—Acts 9:1-15, 27; 11:22-26; 12:25; Galatians 1:18, 19.

Who was the young man who “got away naked”? Mark alone refers to this incident, so we can reasonably conclude that he was speaking of himself.

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I'm not sure, but I've heard that a lot of those mentions of people in the Gospels who you're like "Why did they insert that person in the scene when they didn't actually *do* or *say* anything relevant there?" were the eyewitnesses.

That was the only way to record history back then afterall...eyewitness accounts. So a lot of times when you see someone in a scene like that in the gospel and it seems really random, it's actually one of the eyewitnesses who were telling what they saw of Jesus.

There's an excellent scholarly work that covers this topic that recently came out called "Jesus and the eyewitnesses":

http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Eyewitnesses-Gospels-E...

I've never been taught who this man was in bible studies, I have many times overlooked this scripture, until now. Personally I think this man was either a bystander just being nosy, a demon or a false witness. just my understanding, but not sure, but if this man was anything good I don't think the disciples would have had to put there hands on him, and the man would not have ran away leaving his linen cloth.

Why did you not lead us to the main thought to this passage:

Mark 14: 49.

I was with you in the temple teaching, and you took me not: but the SCRIPTURES MUST BE FULFILLED.

PSALM 22:6.

ISAIAH 53:7.

Jesus said, "Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they (the scriptures) are they which TESTIFY OF ME.

The "Old Testament" prophesies of Jesus coming true right before their eyes.

The guards were 'unknowingly' apart of the prophesy.

If it's not written: it should be silent.

No-one knows your question, they can only assume.

He was roused from sleep, and probably threw around him, in his haste, what was most convenient.

It was common to sleep in linen bed-clothes, and he seized a part of the clothes and hastily threw it round him.

The linen cloth was a night robe.

Who knows or cares whether Jesus was gay. The young man in the linen garment could have been a street begger, a prostitute or a peeping Tom.

No one knows the answer to this, I am sure.

Lazarus because:

a) the Lord had returned to Bethany each preceding night.

b) Lazarus would be looking out.

c) linen robe denoting his social status.

d) he was wanted

e) Lazarus was probably still alive, and therefore in danger.