Alas, even believers often look at the Redeemer's sufferings in a drowsy manner, and instead of being ready to die with Christ, they are not even prepared to watch with him one hour.Because Christ appeared not as a temporal prince, but preached repentance, reformation, and a holy life, and directed men's thoughts, and affections, and aims to another world, therefore the Jewish rulers sought to destroy him.
For the proof of his being the Son of God, he refers to his second coming.
It is easier to fight for Christ than to die for him. AMP.
It is easier to fight for Christ than to die for him. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man. It was to be an earnest and foretaste of the happiness of heaven, and thereby to put us out of taste for the pleasures and delights of sense. When Christ was admired and flocked after, Peter readily owned him; but will own no relation to him now he is deserted and despised. (43-52) Christ before the high priest. Library. Though the great Shepherd passed through his sufferings without one false step, yet his followers often have been scattered by the small measure of sufferings allotted to them. [And the linen cloth forsaken, he naked fled away from them. Mark 14:52 Context. was moved with compassion toward them.--MATT. A linen cloth cast about his naked body - He was roused from sleep, and probably threw around him, in his haste, what was most convenient. Yet observe, Peter's repentance was very speedy. The Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, leave out the words "from them". The young man who fled naked is usually presumed to be Mark himself, and it is thought … Mark 14:51–52 describes a young man who, wearing only a linen cloth, followed Jesus. Commentary. Christ anointed at Bethany. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 14:43-52 Because Christ appeared not as a temporal prince, but preached repentance, reformation, and a holy life, and directed men's thoughts, and affections, and aims to another world, therefore the Jewish rulers sought to destroy him. When the mob tried to grab him, he escaped, though his clothes were torn off in the process, so that he ran away completely naked.A young man was following along. The terrors of God set themselves in array against him, and he allowed him to contemplate them. The latter rashly and without thought call Christ Master, and express great affection for him, yet betray him to his enemies. Shall that sit light upon our souls, which sat so heavy upon his? Never was sorrow like unto his at this time. that is, the Son of God. 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. How should we look upon Him whom we have pierced, and mourn! Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall; and let him that has fallen think of these things, and of his own offences, and return to the Lord with weeping and supplication, seeking forgiveness, and to be raised up by the Holy Spirit. Can we ever entertain favourable, or even slight thoughts of sin, when we see the painful sufferings which sin, though but reckoned to him, brought on the Lord Jesus? Great diligence was used to procure false witnesses against Jesus, yet their testimony was not equal to the charge of a capital crime, by the utmost stretch of their law. When he was seized by the Roman soldiers, he escaped capture and ran, leaving the garment behind. Mark 14:52 - And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. There happened to be a young man among Jesus’ followers who wore nothing but a linen shirt. (1-11) The passover, Jesus declares that Judas would betray him. As Mediator, he submitted to the will of God, saying, Nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt; I bid it welcome. He began to be sorely amazed; words not used in St. Matthew, but very full of meaning.