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but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
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An Eyewitness Signature?
Many scholars suggest the unnamed young man is the author, Mark himself. As the Expositor's Bible Commentary notes, including this seemingly trivial detail in such a solemn story could be Mark's way of adding a personal signature, testifying, 'I was there too.'
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Linen cloth (σινδονα). An old Greek word of unknown origin. It was fine linen cloth used often for wrapping the dead ([Reference M…
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