And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
but he left the linen cloth, and fled naked.
and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them naked.
but he, leaving the linen cloth behind [him], fled from them naked.
Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches4
Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
Voices3
And he left the linen cloth,.... "In their hands", so the Persic version renders it; just as Joseph left his garment in the hands of his mistress, Gen 39:12; and fled from them naked; to the house from whence he came. The Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, leave out the words "from them".
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
(Mor. 14. 49) Or, he says this of John, who, although he afterwards returned to the cross to hear the words of the Redeemer, at first was frightened and fled.
Gregory the Dialogist· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 604patristic
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 Wards Customs.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Genesis 39:12She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
leads to
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is…
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Through
Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
leads to
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may…
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more…
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
