Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Mark 14:52

"but he left the linen cloth, and fled naked." — Mark 14:52 (ASV)

Only Mark records this mysterious episode. The “young man” is not identified, but many argue is that he is Mark. Why else would he insert such a trivial detail in so solemn a story? Was this Mark’s way of saying, “I was there too”?

Ordinarily men wore an undergarment, but this young man had only an outer garment, made of linen, an expensive material worn only by the rich. He fled naked. The forsakenness of Jesus was total; even this youth forsook him.