VERSE STUDY • KJV

Mark 14:51

And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about [his] naked [body]; and the young men laid hold on him:

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And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about [his] naked [body]; and the young men laid hold on him:

One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,

A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,

And a certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloth cast about him, over his naked body: and they lay hold on him;

and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about his naked body, and the young men lay hold on him,

48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and [with] staves to take me?

49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

50 And they all forsook him, and fled.

51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about [his] naked [body]; and the young men laid hold on him:

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

53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

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