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Mark 14:51

A certain young man

(νεανισκος τις). This incident alone in Mark. It is usually supposed that Mark himself, son of Mary (Acts 12:12) in whose house they probably had observed the passover meal, had followed Jesus and the apostles to the Garden. It is a lifelike touch quite in keeping with such a situation. Here after the arrest he was following with Jesus (συνηκολουθε αυτω, imperfect tense). Note the vivid dramatic present κρατουσιν (they seize him).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 51. _A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN_] Probably raised from his sleep by the noise which the rabble made who came to apprehend Jesus, having wrapped the sheet or some of the bed-clothing about him, became...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See the notes at Matthew 26:47. Mark 14:45 MASTER, MASTER - As if expressing great joy that he had found him again. Mark 14:51...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PART IV. GIVING HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR -- CHAPTER S 14-15. Chapter 14 _ 1. Seeking by Craft to put Him to Death. (Mark 14:1 .Matthew 26:2; Luke 22:1 .)_ 2. The Anointing. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    MARK 14:51 F. THE YOUNG MAN WHO FLED NAKED. A curious little incident peculiar to Mk. Is it a popular addition to the story, recalling Genesis 39:12 (so HNT), or is it a fulfilment of Amos 2:16 (so Lo...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE LAST ACT BEGINS (Mark 14:1-2)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    And a certain young man was following him, clothed in a linen sheet over his naked body. And they tried to seize him, but he left the linen sheet and escaped naked. These are two strange and fascinat...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND THERE FOLLOWED, &c. This is. Divine supplement, peculiar to Mark's Gospel. FOLLOWED. was following. A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN. one particular young man. That this might be Lazarus. is probable: (1) bec...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _a certain young man_ This forms an episode as characteristic of St Mark as that of the two disciples journeying to Emmaus is of St Luke. Some have conjectured he was the owner of the garden of Gethse...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΝΕΑΝΊΣΚΟΣ ΤΙΣ ([3235][3236][3237][3238] rather than εἷς τις νεαν. ([3239][3240][3241] etc.). [3242] has νεαν. δέ τις. ΣΥΝΗΚΟΛΟΎΘΕΙ ([3243][3244][3245][3246] rather ἠκολούθει ([3247] or συνηκολούθησεν...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 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 t...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE MARK 14:27-52:_ Jesus said, "All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered." Jesu...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΝΕΑΝΊΣΚΟΣ (G3495) молодой человек. Предполагается, что это был Иоанн Марк (Gundry, 861; Lane), ΣΥΝΗΚΟΛΟΎΘΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΈΩ (G4870) следовать за кем-л., с _dat. impf._ описывает пос...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THERE FOLLOWED HIM A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN, &C.— Bishop Pococke, in describing the dresses of the people of Egypt, observes, "that it is almost a general custom among the Arabs and Mohammedan natives of t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _SUMMARY 14:1-52_ This section exhibits, on the one hand, the evil purpose and wicked plottings of the enemies of Jesus, and on the other, the self-sacrifice with which he prepared himself for the fat...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    34 The problem of evil is solved for us in the dark shadows of Gethsemane. No one will dispute that He did not deserve to drink the cup that His Father set before Him. No one will find fault with His...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A LINEN CLOTH] probably a night-dress, but J. Lightfoot thinks that it was a _tallith:_ (i.e. the large or synagogue _tallith:_ see on Matthew 23:5), which the young man, for ascetic purposes, wore as...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THERE FOLLOWED HIM A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN. — The remarkable incident that follows is narrated by St. Mark only. It had clearly made a deep impression on the minds of some of the disciples (probably e...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 14:43-52 (MARK 14:43) THE ARREST "And straightway, while He yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    introduces a little anecdote peculiar to Mk., the story of an unknown friend, not one of the Twelve, who had joined the company, and did not fly with the rest. συνηκολούθει α., was following Jesus; wh...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Attempt at rescue_....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The apprehension_ (Matthew 26:47-56; Luke 22:47-53)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ALONE IN THE HOUR OF TRIAL Mark 14:32-52 When the soul is overwhelmed, it seeks to be alone, and yet not too far from human sympathy and help. The three most trusted might enter the enclosure, but ev...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Mary, conscious of the sorrow of death which was in her Lord's soul, poured out the rarest gift she possessed, and so anointed Him beforehand for His burial. Her name is forever redolent of pure devot...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (13) And there followed him a certain young man, having a (m) linen cloth cast about [his] naked [body]; and the young men laid hold on him: (13) Under a pretence of godliness, all things are lawful...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    This probably was the owner, or the son of the owner of the garden, who hearing the tumult came to see what was the cause. It must have been a young man from the Greek word _neaniskos. (Tirinus)_...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE ARREST Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12. “ _And Judas_, the one betraying Him

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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 tha...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Mark 14:51._And a young man. _How some persons have come to dream that this was John (221) I know not, nor is it of much importance to inquire. The chief point is, to ascertain for what purpose Mark h...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    chapter 14 resumes the thread of the history, but with the solemn circumstances that belong to the close of the Lord's life. The scribes and Pharisees were already consulting how they might take Him b...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THERE FOLLOWED HIM A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN,.... Some think this was John, the beloved disciple, and the youngest of the disciples; others, that it was James, the brother of our Lord; but he does not s...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and _with_ staves to take me? 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scrip...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _There followed him a certain young man_ The ancients, or at least many of them, supposed, that the young man here mentioned by Mark was one of the apostles; though Grotius wonders how they could ente...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The capture:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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;...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    TITLE: Arrest and Trial TEXT: Mark 14:43-65 PROPOSITION: We must understand what Jesus endured for us. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Events READING: Mark 14:60-65 INTRODUCTION: 1. Jesus was arrested. 2....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    43-52 Because Christ appeared not as a temporal prince, but preached repentance, reformation, and a holy life, and directed men's thoughts, and affections, and aims to another world, therefore the Je...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Ver. 51,52. This part of the history is only recorded by Mark. What hath made some affirm that this was St. John I cannot tell. John was one of the eleven that were with Christ when Judas came, and th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 14:51 Now G2532 a G1520 certain G5100 man G3495 followed G190 (G5707) Him G846 cloth G4616 thrown...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And a certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloak thrown about him over his naked body, and they laid hold on him, but he left the linen cloak and fled naked.' Compare the equally anon...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ARREST OF JESUS (14:43-52). Many hours have now passed since sunset. The Passover meal had been eaten, the discourses in John 14-16 had been given, the walk to the Garden had taken place followed...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    FROM BETRAYAL TO ARREST (14:1-52). The section now splits up into subsections, the first of which is from Mark 14:1. This subsection covers the period from the stated final intent of the Chief Priest...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Mark 14:51. A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN. Not one of the Apostles, all of whom had fled (Mark 14:50), but a disciple. He may have been seized because of some expression o _f_ sympathy, or simply because of his...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Mark 14:43-52. THE BETRAYAL. See on Matthew 26:47-56; comp. Luke 22:47-53; John 18:3-12....

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    ON the harmony, see on Matthew 26:31-46. The conversation, recorded in Mark 14:27-31, took place on the way to Gethsemane. Mark introduces a new and striking incident (Mark 14:51-52 _)_....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 14:27. _And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen, I...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The plot against Jesus. Jesus annointed by Mary. The last Passover. The Lord's supper instituted. The Gethsemane experience. Peter's denial. Jesus delivered to the authorities. CHARACTERS:...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 14:1. _After two days was the passover,_ when the chief priests and the scribes sought to form their plan, how they might surprise the Saviour and put him to death. Their scheme to do it after th...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    JESUS WAS STILL SPEAKING. See notes on Matthew 26:47-56. Only Mark tells the incident in Mark 14:51-52. Many think the "certain young man" was Mark himself. Mark's mother lived in Jerusalem (Acts 12:1...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked._ HASTE IN RELIGION It strikes me that this “certain young man” was none other than Mark himself. He was probably asleep; and, aroused by a grea...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 14 1 _A conspiracy against Christ_. 3 _Precious ointment is poured on his head by a woman_. 10 _Judas selleth his Master for money_. 12 _Christ himself foretelleth how he shall be betrayed of...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 14:48. THIEF—_Robber_, or _bandit_. Mark 14:51. A LINEN CLOTH.—_A sindon_—either a garment or bed-covering made of linen or muslin manufactured in Sind. MAIN HOM...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 14:1 NOW AFTER TWO DAYS WAS THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER AND THE UNLEAVENED BREAD; literally, _the passover and the unleavened _τό πάσχα καὶ τὰ ἄζυμα. It was one and the same fest...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    After two days was the feast of the passover (Mark 14:1), Now, we have followed and traced Jesus in Mark's gospel through Sunday, His triumphant entry. Monday, when He came back to the temple and clea...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Mark 14:51...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Linen cloth [σ ι ν δ ο ν α]. The probable derivation is from jIndov, an Indian : India being the source from which came this fine fabric used for wrapping dead bodies, and in which Christ's body was e...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    PETER'S WANDERINGS Mark 14:29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Peter will ever be recognized as one of the outstanding disciples of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This does not mean, however, that Peter knew...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A young man — It does not appear, that he was one of Christ's disciples. Probably hearing an unusual noise, he started up out of his bed, not far from the garden, and ran out with only the sheet about...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Here we have the history of our Saviour's examination before the high-priest and council, who set up all night to arraign and try the holy and innocent Jesus; for, lest his death should look like. dow...

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