Mark 14 · Verse 52

Mark 14:52

And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

Mark 14:52, King James Version

Mark 14:52 in other translations

BSB	but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.
WEB	but he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.
ASV	but he left the linen cloth, and fled naked.
YLT	and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them naked.
DARBY	but he, leaving the linen cloth behind him, fled from them naked.
BBE	But he got away unclothed, without the linen cloth.
Webster	And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

What does Mark 14:52 mean?

Barnes' Notes

Verse 52.

(g) "left the linen" Mk 13:16

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked - It has often been intimated, by the inhabitants of India, that a European in strait clothes must be in great danger when his clothes take fire. From their loose clothing they can suddenly disengage themselves. When two Hindoos are engaged in a violent quarrel, and one seizes the clothing of the other, often the latter will leave his clothes in the hands of his opponent, and flee away naked. This seems to have been the case with the person mentioned above. See Ward's Customs.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 14:43-52

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 Jewish rulers sought to destroy him. Peter wounded one of the band. It is easier to fight for Christ than to die for him. But there is a great difference between faulty disciples and hypocrites. The latter rashly and without…

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Mark 14:52 in the original Greek

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ὁho<the>G3588

δὲdeandG1161

καταλιπὼνkatalipōnhaving left behindG2641

τὴνtēntheG3588

σινδόναsindonalinen clothG4616

γυμνὸςgumnosnakedG1131

ἔφυγενephugenhe fledG5343

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 14:52

Mark 13:14-16
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains: And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
Genesis 39:12
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

13:14-16; Ge 39:12; Job 2:4

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Context

Mark 14:51
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:
Mark 14:52
And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
Mark 14:53
And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

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Mark 14:52 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Mas él, dejando la sábana, se huyó de ellos desnudo.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et, abandonnant la toile de fin lin, il leur échappa tout nu.
German Elberfelder 1871	Er aber ließ die feine Leinwand fahren und floh nackt von ihnen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	At ille rejecta sindone, nudus profugit ab eis.