Archive for September 2009
This past Sunday in worship, we were in the Garden of Geths****e (oil press) according to Mark 14. In verses 51 and 52, Mark shares the part of the story that we do not see in the other Gospel recordings of this event. Quiz question for the week is: Who is the young man who ran away naked?
The first person who blogs in with the traditionally correct answer will receive a prize. This contest is not for staff or anyone else I told the answer to.
Ok, from the whole of what I read, I would say a young man who came mostly undressed.... but with a bit of research, what else would I do with my librarian role, some say it is Mark himself, but that means I need to do more reading to find out where Mark was and was supposed to be. I also, found that some people say it was an angel,
"The young man of Mark 14:51-52 is the same neaniskos as in Mark 16:5-7. This would make him an angel, or something like an angel — at any rate, ..."
I did look to find out that this the figure at the tomb who is only there momentarily.
So just for the fun of it- Hope others have other ideas...
I'm not so sure it was Mark. I've done some reading from a few sources and maybe it was simply a young man living in a nearby house who was sleeping at the time and awoke at the commotion. Due to what I discovered about what may have been typical bedclothes, the boy may have been wrapped in them, suggesting he left the house in a hurry, not wanting to miss the activities. He may have been mistaked as a disciple due to his age and where he was standing during the commotion. And as far as the running off...well, I would run too if my PJ's fell off too!
When I looked up the passage in our Dake's Bible, it said it could be either John Mark (this is who John said he thought it was), Lazarus, or the rich young ruler. Not sure why, but I would kind of like to think it was the latter...that it might have been a sign that he had decided to cast off his worldly "stuff" & was looking for Jesus, even if it took him awhile to do so.
It's Mark.