Mark 14:50

50 All the disciples cut and ran.

Mark 14:50 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:50

And they all forsook him and fled.
] That is, his disciples, as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read; and who seem to have transcribed it from Matthew, and lest it should be thought, that the multitude whom Christ addressed, were intended.

Mark 14:50 In-Context

48 Jesus said to them, "What is this, coming after me with swords and clubs as if I were a dangerous criminal?
49 Day after day I've been sitting in the Temple teaching, and you never so much as lifted a hand against me. What you in fact have done is confirm the prophetic writings."
50 All the disciples cut and ran.
51 A young man was following along. All he had on was a bedsheet. Some of the men grabbed him
52 but he got away, running off naked, leaving them holding the sheet.
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