Mark 14:52

Plain English Version

That mob of men tried to grab him, but they only grabbed the sheet. He wriggled out of it and ran away naked.

Cross References

Genesis 39:12

Then Potifar’s wife came to Joseph. She grabbed him, and she held on to his coat, and she said, “Come and sleep with me.” So Joseph quickly ran out of the house. But Potifar’s wife still had Joseph’s coat in her hand.

Mark 14:51

There was a young man there that followed along a little bit behind Jesus. He was just wearing a sheet wrapped around him.

Mark 14:53

That mob took Jesus to court at the house of the big boss of the Jewish ceremonies. All the bosses of the Jewish ceremonies, and the elders, and the law teachers, they all went to that court too. That house had a yard with a wall around it. Peter followed a little bit behind the mob, and he followed that mob into the yard of that house, and he sat down with them near their fire.