Mark 14:52 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then he ran away in his underclothing, leaving his linen outer garment behind.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But, leaving behind the linen cloth (sheet), he fled from them naked.

American Standard Version (1901)

but he left the linen cloth, and fled naked.

Common English Bible

but he left the linen cloth behind and ran away naked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But he, rejecting the fine linen cloth, escaped from them naked.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But he, casting off the linen cloth, fled from them naked.

Mark 14:52 Cross References

Mark 14:51

And a certain young man [Note: Some think this is a reference to Mark himself], who had a linen outer garment thrown over his scantily clad body, was following Jesus until they [i.e., the soldiers and officers] took hold of him. [Note: The wording here does not indicate total nakedness, but rather the wearing of underclothing only]

Mark 14:53

Then they led Jesus away to the head priest, and all the leading priests, [Jewish] elders and experts in the Law of Moses came together with Him.