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AnswerIn Mark's Gospel, a young man ran away naked when Jesus was arrested. Some who believe that Mark's Gospel was really an introductory text for an early Gnostic sect, or mystery cult, believe that the young man represented conscience.
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Why was Satan present in the Garden of Gethsemane?

In the book of Luke, chapter 22, starting with verse 39, we are told what happened. After they finished eating Jesus and the disciples went to the garden to pray. Jesus asked the disciples to stay awake and keep watch as He prayed but they kept falling asleep. Judas who betrayed Jesus, led a mob that had temple guards and high priests in it to the garden to capture Jesus. Judas greeted Jesus and the high priests had Jesus arrested. Peter, who usually acted before he thought, took out his sword and cut off the ear of a guard. Jesus told him to stop and then Jesus healed the guards ear. When Jesus was taken off to jail, the disciples scattered out of fear. Peter who once swore that he would never leave Jesus ran away. That is what happened in the garden. Just as the disciples fell asleep when they were susposed to be keeping watch, we also "fall asleep" and don't keep our eyes and hearts on Jesus.


Did Mark and Luke actually walk with Jesus?

Mark was the son of Mary of Jerusalem (not the mother of Jesus) and Luke was a gentile physician. Neither were among Jesus disciples, although it is considered that the reference in the Gospel of Mark to a young man who ran away naked from Gethsemane when Jesus was arrested, is an oblique reference by Mark to himself. In any case both of these Gospel writers had reliable sources close to the events they described and so, even though they were undoubtedly Christians, their sources did not include Jesus Himself but His followers.


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What was Mary told to do after finding tomb empty?

In Matthew's Gospel, the angel who rolled away the stone told Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to go quickly and tell the disciples that Jesus was risen. On the way to tell the disciples, they met Jesus, who told them to tell the disciples to go to Galilee, where he would meet them.Mark's Gospel has a similar account. The tomb was already open when Mary Magdalene, the other Mary and Salome arrived. The young man they found inside the tomb told them to go quickly and tell the disciples that Jesus was risen and to go to Galilee, where he would meet them, but they ran away and told no one.In Luke's Gospel, the two men who were in the tomb told the women what had happened. They were not told to do anything, but nevertheless they told the disciples, who did not believe them.In John's Gospel, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb while it was still dark, but found the stone had been taken away. She did not know that the tomb was empty and spoke to no one, but ran and told Peter and the "disciple whom Jesus loved".