Naked fugitive

[1]The parallel accounts in the other canonical Gospels make no mention of this incident.

The wearing of a single cloth (Greek: σινδόνα, sindona) would not have been indecent or extraordinary, and there are many ancient accounts of how easily such garments would come loose, especially with sudden movements.

[2] Since ancient times, many have speculated on the identity of this young man, proposing: A later verse in Mark, "And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe,"[9] is often connected to the passage by allegorical readers of (in the words of Howard M. Jackson) the "symbolism school".

[10] The naked fugitive has been speculated to originate in a possible Passion narrative that pre-dates the gospel of Mark.

In such an early document, anonymity of the fugitive may have protected this individual from official persecution.