Kata Markon

["Phil Campbell" <philcam AT tpg.com.au>]

An alternate point of view... if there are indeed literary connections between Mark 13 and the coming apocalypse is the CROSS, then...

a) Jesus has said, watch, don't go to sleep (Mk 13) - the disciples don't watch, and do go to sleep (Gethsemane)

b) Jesus has said, when the hour comes, flee, and don't go back for your cloak (Mk 13) - Judas and the arresting party comes, the HOUR HAS COME, and the young man runs away, and doesn't come back for his "garment." 

 

Phil Campbell

Mitchelton Presbyterian Church

 

----- Original Message -----

From: JFAlward AT aol.com

To: Kata Markon

Sent: Tuesday, 13 March 2001 8:24 am

Subject: [gmark] Flight of the Naked Young Man

Is there a consensus on this list about the young man at Gethsemane?  

"A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus.  When
they seized him, he fled naked, leaving his garment behind."  (Mark 14:51-52)
 

I've argued that the flight of the naked man was meant by Mark to
symbolically expose the uncleanliness and shame of Jerusalem and the high
priests:

”Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered."  (Isaiah 47:3 )

"Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who honored her 
despise her, for they have seen her nakedness." (Lamentations 1:8)

Given the extremely tight connections Mark maintains between his gospels and
the Old Testament, this explanation seems to be more likely to be correct
than others I've heard.  Does anyone disagree?


Regards,

Joe Alward




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