Mark 14:52

52 but he left the linen cloth in their hands and fled without it.

Mark 14:52 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:52

And he left the linen cloth
"In their hands", so the Persic version renders it; just as Joseph left his garment in the hands of his mistress, ( Genesis 39:12 ) ;

and fled from them naked;
to the house from whence he came. The Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, leave out the words "from them".

Mark 14:52 In-Context

50 Then His friends all forsook Him and fled.

51 One youth indeed did follow Him, wearing only a linen cloth round his bare body. Of him they laid hold,

52 but he left the linen cloth in their hands and fled without it.

53 So they led Jesus away to the High Priest, and with him there assembled all the High Priests, Elders, and Scribes.

54 Peter followed Jesus at a distance, as far as the outer court of the High Priest's palace. But there he remained sitting among the officers, and warming himself by the fire.