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NASB | Mark 14:51 ¶ A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 14:51 ¶ A young man was following Him, wearing [only] a linen sheet over his naked body; and some men seized him. |
Bible Question:
Hi –My wife and I have been reading from a book called "Sparkling Gems from the Greek", by Rick Renner, we enjoy how Rick Renner breaks downs words into their Greek meaning to give the scripture passage a deeper meaning and a deeper perception then we had before. During Lent we were reading; John 18:6 So when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground. Renner points out how this is the power of God speaking, “I AM” it was such a powerful moment the 300 soldiers accompanying Judas actually were pushed to the ground. Last night we were reading; Mark 14:51 A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him. Mark 14:52 But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked. I never really gave this passage much attention, but Renner implies that at the moment Jesus says “I AM” this boy was raised from the dead. Awesome! Apparently when people of that time were buried they were placed in the tomb naked, covered with a linen sheet. For sure the boy would want to follow Jesus after being raised from the dead. Comments? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Ron... Welcome to the forum! Although this word for linen cloth is, indeed, the same word as that used in Luke 23:53, there is no reason to believe that the young man was raised from the dead. I would venture the following reasons: (1) Verse 51 explicitly states that the purpose of the cloth was to "cover his nakedness;" (2) The other gospel references to raising of the dead, plainly explain to us that the dead were raised to life, rather than leave it tacit, as you've suggested; (3) this rendering differs from the general understanding of the church; (4) church tradition holds that the identify of this young man was Mark -- the author of this gospel (the only one to mention this incident); (5) basing a miracle of resurrection upon the common use of this single word is insufficient to overcome the simpler explanation which has always been rendered by the church. I encourage people not to base an interpretation of a Scripture on a single source. Anything that no one else has ever seen in the Scriptures is always suspect. Two thousand years of Bible study has been pretty thorough. In Him, Doc |