Jump to content

Naked fugitive

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jhonevans (talk | contribs) at 05:06, 16 May 2024 (Undid revision 1224065778 by Drmies (talk) Yes of course, it is always dependent on contexts and no singular consensus is likely to ever be reached with religion. Nevertheless, the NRSV has emerged as the contemporary choice of most. When another comes to replace it it should probably be represented. Arguing that the KJV having a long standing tradition seems irrelevant and grasping. What point are you disputing?). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Antonio da Correggio, The Betrayal of Christ, with a soldier in pursuit of Mark the Evangelist, c. 1522

The naked fugitive (or naked runaway or naked youth) is an unidentified figure mentioned briefly in the Gospel of Mark, immediately after the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and the fleeing of all his disciples:

A certain young man was following him, wearing nothing but a linen cloth. They caught hold of him, but he left the linen cloth and ran off naked.[1]

The parallel accounts in the other canonical Gospels make no mention of this incident.

The wearing of a single cloth (Greek: σινδόνα, sindona) would not have been indecent or extraordinary, and there are many ancient accounts of how easily such garments would come loose, especially with sudden movements.[2]

Identity

Since ancient times, many have speculated on the identity of this young man, proposing:

A later verse in Mark, "And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe,"[9] is often connected to the passage by allegorical readers (of the "symbolism school", in the words of Howard M. Jackson.[10]

The naked fugitive has been speculated to originate in a possible Passion narrative that pre-dates the gospel of Mark. In such an early document, anonymity of the fugitive may protect this individual from official persecution.[11]: Note 8 [2]: 184 

See also

References

  1. ^ New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition [1]
  2. ^ a b Bauckham, Richard (2017). Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. Wm. B. Eerdmans. ISBN 978-1-4674-4680-8.
  3. ^ Epiphanius of Salamis, Panarion 78.13.2
  4. ^ Ambrose, Exp. Ps. 36 60.
  5. ^ Chrysologus, Peter (2005). "Sermon 78". Selected Sermons. CUA Press. pp. 31–. ISBN 978-0-8132-0110-8.
  6. ^ Allen, Rupert (2008). "Mark 14,51-52 and Coptic Hagiography" (PDF). Biblica. 89 (2): 265–268. JSTOR 42614826. Allen studies the origins of this theory and finds it first mentioned in a 13th-century manuscript.
  7. ^ Haren, M. J. (1998). "The naked young man: a historian's hypothesis on Mark 14,51-52". Biblica. 79 (4): 525–531. JSTOR 42614166.
  8. ^ Waetjen, Herman (1965). "The Ending of Mark and the Gospel's Shift in Eschatology". Annual of the Swedish Theological Institute.
  9. ^ Mk 16:5
  10. ^ Jackson, Howard M. (1997). "Why the Youth Shed His Cloak and Fled Naked: The Meaning and Purpose of Mark 14:51-52". Journal of Biblical Literature. 116 (2): 273–289. doi:10.2307/3266224. JSTOR 3266224.
  11. ^ Cook, Michael J. (1978). Mark's Treatment of the Jewish Leaders. Brill. p. 54. ISBN 90-04-05785-4.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naked_fugitive&oldid=1224088199"