In the Gospel of Mark, (14:51-52) Jesus is being followed by a young naked man? But he ran away, naked.?

In the Gospel of Mark, (14:51-52) Jesus is being followed by a young naked man? Not interested in WHO he was but WHY Jesus would be with an almost naked young man? WHY?

Well....what do two people alone together in a public park after dark usually do that involves moaning and groaning and nakedness??

Mark may have been the “certain young man” who followed Jesus at a distance after he was arrested. (Mr 14:51, 52)

When Jesus was arrested all the apostles fled out of fear. This is possibly why Mark was naked - he was trying to get away and maybe they caught him at a bad time.

It is thought that the young man may have been young Mark, since that is the only Gospel that has that incident. It is thought that whomever the young man was, he was a young man who was interested in Jesus, but too young to be considered a disciple, so sneaked out of the house in his bedclothes to follow Jesus and the twelve to Gethsemane. He was close enough to be seen by the Romans, who was trying to round them all up, and he ran, just like the others. He was only naked after the Roman soldier caught his clothing and he disrobed rather than be caught.

Nope. The Secret Gospel Mark, a hoax by an anti-social biblical professor alludes to the sacrament of bridal chamber. Canonical Mark has the guards arresting Jesus grab sheets worn by a disciple he slips out of themand runs away.

Dont recall maybe both are in the hoax. Bart Ehrman the former evangelical turned skeptic even says was it is a hoax. People quote him when he says spectacular things, but not expected things, eh.

Keep leaning.

I know little of the dress of that milieu. The man wasn't naked when he was following Jesus. He had his clothes ripped off during his escape. This happened at night and maybe the man was dressed for sleep -- not dressed too amply.

People followed Jesus because they were in awe of him, they believed him to either be the Son of God or at least a very important prophet. People would stop whatever they were doing when they heard he was around and run to see him. This young man must have been in bed because it was late at night. This was after the last supper and after Jesus had been praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, so he was probably sleeping at that time and was woken up and told Jesus was around. In those days a lot of people would have slept in the nude. He probably just woke up, grabbed his sheets and wrapped them around himself to go see Jesus - he would be in a hurry so he wouldn't miss seeing him.

where does it say he was almost naked?

51 A certain young man was following him, wearing nothing but a linen cloth. They caught hold of him, 52 but he left the linen cloth and ran off naked.

It doesn't say that. It is saying there was a young man wearing only a tunic and when they grabbed him to arrest him like they did Jesus, he pulled himself out of that tunic and ran away naked. Get real and stop being so perverted in your mind.

It's beleived by most bible scholars that this is the same naked man who had been healed by Jesus of a demon and continued to follow after Jesus band at a distance. He owned nothing but a white linen .

Jesus sent this man home to tell his family but apparently the man continued to follow Jesus band.

John Mark wasn't actually naked but his loin cloth fell off when he ran away. It is very hot in Israel so it's not unusual to find people scantily dressed, especially men